Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 964 new cases of coronavirus confirmed

Nigeria has recorded an additional 964 coronavirus cases according to the latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC made the revelation during its nightly update on coronavirus in Nigeria via its Twitter handle on Sunday, 24 January 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 121,566 confirmed. The centre also stated that 97,228 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,504 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Sunday night, 24th January is 22, 834

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “964 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-360
FCT-88
Ogun-73
Imo-72
Kaduna-67
Plateau-57
Abia-41
Osun-41
Rivers-32
Kano-26
Niger-24
Benue-23
Edo-20
Cross River-20
Akwa Ibom-8
Nasarawa-6
Zamfara-6
Ekiti-6
Jigawa-4

121,566 confirmed
97,228 discharged
1,504 deaths”

964 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-360
FCT-88
Ogun-73
Imo-72
Kaduna-67
Plateau-57
Abia-41
Osun-41
Rivers-32
Kano-26
Niger-24
Benue-23
Edo-20
Cross River-20
Akwa Ibom-8
Nasarawa-6
Zamfara-6
Ekiti-6
Jigawa-4

121,566 confirmed
97,228 discharged
1,504 deaths pic.twitter.com/LsnWthovB5

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 24, 2021

Our discharges today includes 774 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/m4KH6GcIq6

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 24, 2021