{"id":125284,"date":"2021-12-25T08:02:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T07:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=125284"},"modified":"2021-12-25T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T07:02:26","slug":"nigeria-registers-1356-new-covid-19-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/25\/nigeria-registers-1356-new-covid-19-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria registers 1,356 new COVID-19 infections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria recorded 1,356 COVID-19 infections in 11 states and the FCT on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s new infections brought the country\u2019s tally to 234,709.<\/p>\n<p>The country also recorded two related deaths on Friday raising the mortality figure from 2,991 on Thursday to 2,993, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that Lagos State maintained its lead on the table with 833 cases, down from 845 cases it recorded on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The NCDC noted that the number of active cases increased from 16,569 on Thursday to 19,479 cases on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/24\/ncdc-nigeria-has-detected-49-omicron-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCDC<\/a>, Nigeria has tested 3,751,696 samples since the virus was announced on Feb. 27, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In the out-going week, Nigeria recorded 10,856 COVID-19 infections cumulatively including 45 Omicron variant cases as of Dec. 20.<\/p>\n<p>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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria recorded 1,356 COVID-19 infections in 11 states and the FCT on Friday. 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