The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the country registered 670 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, with Lagos State reporting 277, the highest.
The NCDC spoke via its verified website on Tuesday morning, indicating that Kaduna State reported 199 cases and Abuja, 120.
It said that Kwara State recorded 20, Abia-14, Rivers-11, Gombe-9, Katsina-9, Bauchi-6, Edo-3 and Cross River-2.
The NCDC added that three centres accounted for 596 cases; 89 per cent of the total number of cases for January 3.
The Nigerian public health agency added that 19 of the 199 confirmed cases reported for Kaduna State were logged this year, while 180 cases were for some days in December 2021.
According to NCDC, Kaduna recorded additional 65 cases on December 20, 2021; 70 cases on December 22, 2021 and 45 cases on December 23, 2021.
It explained that 109 of the 120 cases in the FCT were recorded on January 2. Only 11 cases were reported on January 3.
It added that Abia confirmed 14 cases for January 2, while there was no data from the state for Monday.
“175 discharged cases reported for Kaduna State were for January 1 (45), January 2 (60) and January 3 (70).
“Also, 52 discharged cases reported for Abia State were for January 2; 163 discharged cases reported for FCT were for January 2 and January 3 (159) with 150 community discharges,” the NCDC stated.
It stressed that six persons were said to have died from COVID-19 complications, adding that the country had registered 3,045 deaths since the pandemic started in February 2020.
It also stated that the country had recorded a total of 244,120 confirmed cases in the 36 states and the FCT, adding that 828 persons were discharged on Thursday, raising the recovery figure in the country to 216,180.
The NCDC said that as of Monday, the number of active cases in the country decreased to 24,895 from 25,111, on Sunday.
A total pf 3,823,309 people had been reportedly tested for the virus in the country.
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