Nigeria has recorded 45 new cases of deadly virus disease, Coronavirus in seven states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The COVID-19 result was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Thursday, February 17.
According to the agency’s report, the breakdown of the new COVID-19 cases is as follow; Lagos-18, Cross River-7, FCT-7, Oyo-5, Kano-3, Nasarawa-3, Ekiti-1 and Rivers-1
The NCDC said 51 persons were discharged after recovering from the infection.
Also, there were no fatalities on Thursday, making it the fifth day in a row with no deaths recorded.
The agency said the report includes 18 confirmed cases reported from Lagos state for February 16; seven confirmed cases for February 16 (3), 17 (4); and 21 community discharged cases for February 16 reported from FCT.
It also includes three discharged cases reported from Oyo state for February 16.
Nigeria now has a total of 254,182 confirmed cases, 230,530 recoveries and 3,141 deaths.
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