The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 676 new cases of the dreaded coronavirus in Nigeria. The centre also reported 21 new deaths on Monday.
The NCDC, in its daily updates on Monday 1st February 2021, reported on its official social media handle that a total of 676 new cases of the virus were recorded across the country.
According to the update, the 676 new cases of the COVID-19, were recorded in 19 states of the federation, including the FCT. The distribution of the 676 new cases as reported from each state, shows the following:
Lagos-227
Rivers-73
Niger-69
Plateau-56
FCT-50
Kano-44
Oyo-43
Ogun-27
Gombe-18
Ondo-15
Enugu-10
Osun-10
Cross River-8
Edo-8
Nasarawa-7
Bauchi-4
Kaduna-3
Ekiti-2
Zamfara-2
Till date, 131,918 cases have been confirmed, 106,275 cases have been discharged and 1,607 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
According to the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, who spoke on the challenges being faced by health workers, on Monday, said just only last week, 75 health workers were infected with #COVID19. But added that:
“We can reduce this risk. As we work hard to roll out the new antigen-based rapid test kits as an additional tool to protect health workers, we urge them to have a high index of suspicion”
“The B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in U.K has now been identified in 6 more #COVID19 cases in Nigeria. While we strengthen our genomic surveillance capacity with partners to inform our response, non-pharmaceutical interventions remain effective to limit spread”
The centre also encouraged Nigerians to continue the use of the face masks, physical distancing and others to reduce the spread of infection.