The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 56 new infections from the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
The new infections were registered from Lagos – 47, the FCT – 6, Ogun – 2, and Gombe
It stated:“Monday’s report includes nine state with no reported cases: – Sokoto, Rivers, Imo, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Oyo, Ekiti and Kano”
It noted that the new cases bring the total case load in the country to 167,859,adding that four more patients recovered after treatment and were discharged from isolation centers across the country.
The NCDC noted that 164,382 cases have been successfully treated in the country, while zero deaths were registered as at July 4, 2021, leaving Nigeria’s total number of deaths at 2,121.
The NCDC said that the country had successfully tested 2,3 million samples out of over 200 million Nigerians.
It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.