COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1,964 New Cases, 7 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday January 21, 2021 announced one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-four (1,964) confirmed new cases of coronavirus also known as COVID-19 in the country.

Seven (7) people were reported dead on Thursday.

The total confirmed cases now stand at 116,655.

989 persons also recovered from the virus in Lagos and Ondo State according to a tweet by NCDC

“Our discharges today include 798 community recoveries in Lagos State and 191 community recoveries in Ondo State managed in line with guidelines,” NCDC tweeted.

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As at Thursday January 21, 2021 there are 21,524 active cases in Nigeria.

1,964 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Confirmed Cases:

116,655

Discharged:

93, 646

Deaths:

1485

Breakdown of cases by state;

Lagos-824

FCT-246

Plateau-166

Kaduna-128

Ogun-76

Nasarawa-74

Anambra-69

Edo-50

Rivers-45

Ondo-44

Niger-40

Oyo-38

Adamawa-35

Kano-31

Akwa Ibom-27

Gombe-19

Kwara-13

Ekiti-12

Delta-6

Kebbi-6

Bauchi-5

Ebonyi-4

Osun-3

Zamfara-1

Our discharges today include 798 community recoveries in Lagos State and 191 community recoveries in Ondo State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/ExF2i8DeK9
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 21, 2021

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