The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded a continuous massive decline in COVID-19 cases, with just 22 new infections.
The 22 new cases were reported by five States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), bringing Nigeria’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases to 254,243.
Statistics by NCDC said that as of February 19, the health agency reported that 38 COVID-19 patients had recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres across the country.
According to NCDC, this includes 25 community discharged cases, reported in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Also, the NCDC noted that the total number of recoveries increased to 230,587 i.e. a recovery rate of 90.7 per cent.
On coronavirus-related fatalities, NCDC noted that the country’s death toll remained at 3,142 as no patient was confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications as of Feb. 19.
The public health agency added that 13 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos State, four in Osun and two in Kaduna State, while Ekiti, the FCT and Oyo State reported one case each.