Nigeria on Thursday again recorded zero deaths from COVID-19 as 62 new cases of the infections emerged in 10 states, a score shit that has placed the country on a consistent run of low figures from the virus.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its update on Thursday announced that the new figure raised the total number of infections in the country to 165,055.
According to the update, no new death was recorded from the virus which has already claimed 2,063 lives in the country.
The number of deaths recorded from the virus has declined with only two deaths recorded in the last 16 days.
A breakdown of the data shows that 20 persons were discharged on Thursday after testing negative to the virus. This brings the total number of discharged persons after treatment to 155,041.
The agency also noted that a little over 10,000 infections are still active in the country.
The 62 new COVID-19 cases reported from 10 states:
Lagos-38, Kaduna-6, Ondo-6, Ogun-3, Akwa Ibom-2, FCT-2, Rivers-2, Edo-1, Kano-1 and Oyo-1
Lagos had the highest figure on Thursday with 38 new cases followed by Kaduna and Ondo with six new cases respectively.
Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February 2020, the country has carried out 1,912,628 tests, according to the NCDC.
