Nigeria has recorded 571 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of persons who have tested positive in the country to 153,187.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this via its official Twitter handle.
According to the tweet, the 571 new cases were from 21 states. Lagos state reported the highest number with 170 new cases, Ogun state was second with 65 while the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, FCT was third with 45 cases.
“Lagos-170 Ogun-65 FCT-45 Kwara-34 Abia-32 Enugu-32 Kano-25 Oyo-22 Ondo-21 Rivers-19 Kaduna-19 Benue-18 Bayelsa-12 Kebbi-12 Nasarawa-11 Akwa Ibom-9 Delta-8 Ekiti-6 Niger-5 Bauchi-3 Imo-3”
The report added that 214 community recoveries were recorded in Lagos state, 61 in the FCT and 11 in Benue state.
The NCDC also tweeted that as of 23 February, 153,187 cases had been confirmed, 129,943 cases treated and discharged, while 1,874 deaths were recorded.
Our discharges today include 214 community recoveries in Lagos State, 61 in FCT and 11 in Benue State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/E4Q8ONKgOa
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 23, 2021
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