Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases tumbled below 100 on Saturday, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announcing just 89 cases. On Friday, the figure was 120.
In January 22, 2021, Nigeria recorded the highest daily new COVID-19 infections of 2,314. In the third wave of the virus, Nigeria recorded a total of 1,149 on August 18, 2021.
With the 89 recorded on Saturday, Nigeria’s confirmed cases now stands at 211,887, with 203,080 treated and discharged and 2,895 dead.
”There are currently 5,814 active coronavirus cases in the country while a total of 3,298,966 blood samples have been tested since the pandemic began across the country,” NCDC said.
The NCDC statistics also show that in week 42, the number of new confirmed cases decreased to 1,162 from 1,604 reported in week 41. These were reported in 28 states and the FCT.
Also, the number of discharged cases increased to 5,236 from 1,869 in week 41. These were also reported in 18 states and the FCT.
They include community discharges reported from Edo and Lagos States.
There were 45 deaths reported in the last one week.
Cumulatively since the outbreak began in Week 9, 2020, there have been 210,460 cases and 2,882 deaths reported with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.4 per cent.
In week 42, the number of in-bound international travelers tested was 2,894 of which 25 were positive compared to 34 (out of 3,673 tested) in week 41.
In the same week, the number of out-bound international travelers tested was 4,541 of which 65 were positive compared to 77 (out of 5,923 tested) in week 41.
The health agency noted that the 89 new infections were logged in eight States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Bauchi tops the list of the new infections with 22, followed by Edo and the FCT with 17 cases respectively.
Other States with new infections include Lagos 15, Plateau 10, Kaduna 4, Taraba 2, Bayelsa and Delta 1 each.
NCDC said report from Taraba State for October 28 showed two confirmed cases and 46 discharged while on October 29, there were 28 confirmed and 18 discharged cases.
It said that the report from Bauchi State indicated 22 confirmed cases, one recorded on October 29 and 21 on October 30.
Bauchi also discharged 10 cases, five each on October 29 and October 30.
Only one discharged case was reported from Lagos State on October 29.