COVID-19: Nigeria records 45 fresh infections in seven states, FCT

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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