Nigeria recorded an additional death from the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, with 236 new infections reported in 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), in an update shared on his Facebook page late Friday, he said the death toll from the disease in the country now stands at 3,124.
The NCDC added that the latest figure for confirmed cases has pushed Nigeria’s number of infections to 251,930, including currently active cases of 22,900.
The center also noted that the latest figure included backlogs of confirmed cases from Lagos State and the FCT with 90 and 21 respectively for January 20 and 21, 2022.
It added that a total of 225,906 have been successfully treated and discharged, as the FCT reported 322 discharged cases, including 322 community discharges for January 20 and 21, 2022.
Breakdown
Breaking down the NCDC data revealed that Gombe state reported 66 cases, after Lagos state with 90 and ahead of FCT with 29 cases.
The data also shows that Delta state reported 12 cases, followed by Kaduna and Osun states with 11 and 10 cases respectively.
While Kano and Rivers states reported eight and seven cases respectively, the trio of Ekiti, Nasarawa and Oyo states reported no cases.
The NCDC also noted that four states: Bauchi, Ogun, Ondo and Sokoto reported no cases on Friday.