No fewer than 206 cases of covid-19 were recorded in the country on Tuesday, NewsSpecng learnt.
This brings to 169,884 the country’s total infections as of July 20, 2021.
The NCDC also revealed that to date, 164,733 recoveries were recorded nationwide in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official website on Wednesday.
It noted that there was no COVID-19 related death on Tuesday while the country’s total fatality stood at 2,128.
According to the breakdown by NCDC, the cases are from ten states, which are Lagos – 132; Akwa Ibom – 56; Ekiti – 5; Delta – 3; Rivers – 2; Enugu – 2; Jigawa – 2; Katsina – 2; Gombe – 1 and the FCT – 1.
The new figures indicate an increase from the 146 cases announced a day earlier.
The agency disclosed that 23 people, who had recovered from the disease, were discharged from isolation centres across the country.
