COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1,139 New Cases, 3 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, December 30, 2021, announced one thousand, one hundred thirty-nine (1,139) confirmed new cases of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 in the country.

The country also reported three (03) deaths on Thursday. 

Nigeria has also confirmed a new variant of COVID-19 called Omicron.

The country is battling the fourth wave of the virus.

“Today’s report includes:

41 cases reported for Akwa Ibom state for 27th (12), 28th (15), and 29th (14) December 2021

9 cases reported for Cross River state for 29th ( and 30th (1) December 2021

A backlog of confirmed cases from Lagos State from 17th to 29th (321) and 30th (99) December 2021

As of Thursday, December 30, there are 24,480 active cases in Nigeria.

3 states with zero cases reported: Osun, Plateau, and Sokoto,” NCDC said.

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1,139 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Confirmed Cases:

241,513 

Discharged:

214,003

Deaths:

3,030

Breakdown of cases by state;

Rivers-420

Lagos-324

Oyo-81

Gombe-47

Akwa Ibom-41

Kaduna-36

Niger-36

Ondo-35

FCT-29

Delta-18

Edo-15

Ogun-14

Kano-12

Cross River-9

Ekiti-8

Kebbi-8

Nasarawa-4

Enugu-1

Jigawa-1

A breakdown of cases by the state via the NCDC portal