The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC), has reported 376 new COVID-19 infections and 35 additional deaths in the country on Saturday.
This is according to the data released by the NCDC on Sunday.
The Public Health Agency disclosed that the 376 new cases were reported from 14 states.
The states according to NCDC are; Lagos (215), Rivers (82), Ondo (16), Imo (14), Plateau (12), Kaduna (10), Kwara (9), Ekiti (4), Bauchi (3), Delta (3), Kano (3), Sokoto (3), Nasarawa (1), and Oyo (1).
SUNRISE NEWS reports that the 376 fresh cases reported on Saturday indicate an increase from the 167 cases in the country, reported on Friday.
According to the centre, 2,091,73 cases have been confirmed till date, out of which 1,970,84 cases have been discharged and 2,804 deaths have been recorded in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
It noted that the country’s active cases now stood at 9,265.
More than 3,142,971 samples of the virus from the country’s roughly 200 million population, had been tested.
It noted that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The NCDC, however, advised Nigerians that home-based care was to be provided to COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms only at the advice of trained and designated health workers.
“Patients and caregivers should adhere strictly to the home based isolation criteria and other infection prevention and control measures.