The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday recorded 265 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 7,526.
The NCDC said through its official tweeter handle, announced that 133 of the new cases were found in Lagos, 34 in Oyo, 28 in Edo, 22 in the FCT, six in Plateau, five in Kaduna, three each in Borno and Niger, and two each in Kwara, Bauchi, Anambra, and Enugu states.
The health agency said that the number of deaths had risen to 221, just as the number of successfully treated patients also increased to 2,174.
According to the NCDC, .out of the total 7,526 cases, 5,131 of them are Active Cases.
The COVID-19 Index Case was confirmed in Nigeria on February 27,
On February 28, a multi-sectoral Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) was activated at Level Three, the highest emergency level in Nigeria led by NCDC in close coordination with the State Public Health EOCs (PHEOC).
Since then, the NCDC has been releasing advisories and statements to help Nigerians and affected groups in particular respond to the pandemic.
