Of the over 65,000 total, about 61, 073 persons have been discharged from hospitals, after treatment
Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded 152 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total of infected persons in the country to 65,000.
This is according to an update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
This new infection cases emerged amidst growing concerns over the imminence of a second wave against the backdrop of declined public attention to safety protocols.
The total confirmed cases in the country thus far now 65,148.
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The NCDC also informed that the death toll remains 1,125 after no death was recorded in the last 24 hours.
The last death resulting from the COVID-19 recorded was on Friday when one patient died
Statistics, according to the health agency also showed that three out of every five deaths from the virus in Nigeria are in people over 50 years old, indicating the impact of the virus on the elderly.
However, recoveries have improved too. Of the over 65,000 total, about 61, 073 persons have been discharged from hospitals, after treatment, while about 4,000 active cases remain in the country.
The 152 new cases were reported from eight states – Lagos (136), Kano (4), Niger (3), Ekiti (2), Kaduna (2), Ogun (2), Taraba (2) and FCT (1).
Lagos, Nigeria’s coronavirus epicentre with over 22,000 infections, led in Sunday’s tally with 136 new cases.
Over 700,000 of Nigeria’s 200 million people have been tested so far for the virus.
