By The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday, reported 576 new cases of the coronavirus in the country.
According to the information on its official website, 576 new confirmed cases and eight deaths were recorded in the country as at January 2, 2021.
It said that the total number of infections in the country is now 89,163, as the the total death cases recorded in the country stands at 1,302.
The agency, however, declared that 74,789 patients had been discharged from the various isolation centres in the country, following the outcome of the COVID-19 tests conducted on them which came out negative.
The NCDC said that the new infections were from 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It added that Lagos state recorded the highest figure with 277 new cases, followed by the FCT and Oyo with 90 and 51 new cases respectively.
Other states with new cases are Nasarawa 49, Sokoto 23, Anambra 14, Bauchi 11, Imo 11, Kano 11, Edo 10, Plateau 10, Ogun nine, Osun five, Jigawa three and Rivers two.
The NCDC said that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The public health agency stated that till date, 89,163 cases had been confirmed, 74,789 cases discharged and 1,302 deaths recorded in 36 states and the FCT.
