COVID-19: Nigeria Reports One Death, 209 New Infections

NCDC said it recorded 209 Coronavirus infections across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

COVID-19: Nigeria Reports One Death, 209 New Infections
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it registered one additional death from the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, November 3, 2021.

The NCDC also said it recorded 209 additional infections across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The public health institute made these known via its official website, noting that the 209 new infections was an increase from the  99 infections reported on Tuesday.

The agency noted that the fatality toll in the country now stood at 2,890, with a total number of 212,359 confirmed cases in the country.

According to the centre, a total of 204,010 Nigerians have been discharged across the country.

It stated that Gombe State topped the Wednesday chart with 109, while the FCT and Rivers had 21 cases, followed by Lagos State with 13 cases.

Others were; Bauchi (9), Ondo (9), Plateau (9), Enugu (7), Benue (5), Oyo (4), Ekiti (1), and Ogun (1).

The NCDC also noted that Delta, Edo, Kaduna and Osun states reported no cases on Wednesday.

It added that the country currently has 5,688 active coronavirus cases, while a total of 3,340,313 blood samples were tested since the pandemic started across the country.

It noted that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2 has continued to coordinate the national response activities.

Available COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria are; AstraZeneca,  Pfizer, modena and Johnson and Johnson.