154,225 persons recover from COVID-19 in Nigeria

On Apr 14, 2021

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that a total of 154,225 patients have recovered from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since its outbreak in the country in 2020.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday, saying that the 154,225 recoveries from COVID-19 was about 94.1 per cent of the known cases.

The public health agency said that there were 7,599 active cases spread across the country.

“74 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,911,” the report said.

It said that the new cases were reported across eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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