Nigeria reported 23 fresh COVID-19 deaths and 1,479 new infections in 24 hours.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this via Twitter on Thursday night, January 14, 2021 and noted that the new infections were recorded in Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 23 other states.
Lagos, however, remains the epicentre of the virus with 697 cases with the FCT trailing behind with 201 infections.
Five other states with fresh cases include Nasarawa – 80, Plateau -74, Rivers 72, Edo – 46 and Adamawa – 43.
Others are Osun 39, Akwa Ibom – 35, Delta – 31, Anambra 27, Oyo – 24, Kano – 21, Abia and Enugu with 19 each, Ogun – 18, Sokoto -12.
States with fewer cases include Bauchi and Taraba – 7, Ekiti, Gombe and Imo – 4, Bayelsa and Jigawa – 2 and Zamfara recording just one case.
The agency said that the 23 new deaths brought the nation’s death toll to 1,405.
“Our discharges today include 642 community recoveries in Lagos State, 312 in Oyo State and 99 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines,” the NCDC said.
The health agency also announced it has activated a shortcode– “6232” with support from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
“This number has been introduced as a means for the public to contact NCDC’s Connect Centre and access verified information on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
“The shortcode is a toll-free and easy-to-remember number, which means that all calls to NCDC through ‘6232’ are free of charge,” it added.
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