Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)<\/a> stated on Saturday, the country also recorded two related deaths on Friday raising the mortality figure from 2,991 on Thursday to 2,993.<\/p>\nFriday\u2019s new infections brought the country\u2019s tally to 234,709.<\/p>\n
Lagos State maintained its lead on the table with 833 cases, down from 845 cases it recorded on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Rivers followed with 119 cases, Kwara (107), FCT (103), Edo (97), Kano (29), Imo (25), Delta (19), Plateau (14), Borno (10), Gombe (8) and Bauchi (3).<\/p>\n
The NCDC noted that the number of active cases increased from 16,569 on Thursday to 19,479 cases on Friday.<\/p>\n
Those treated and discharged number 212,237, as the FCT reported a backlog of 140 discharges and 120 community discharges for Dec. 24.<\/p>\n
According to the NCDC, Nigeria has tested 3,751,696 samples since the virus was announced on Feb. 27, 2020.<\/p>\n
In the out-going week, Nigeria recorded 10,856 COVID-19 infections cumulatively including 45 Omicron variant cases as of Dec. 20.<\/p>\n
On the African continent, South Africa and Botswana are ahead of Nigeria in the Omicron variant infection recording 1,296 and 291 cases respectively.<\/p>\n
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