COVID-19: Nigeria records 96 infections Wednesday, no new death

In continuation of a steady run of low infection figures, Nigeria recorded 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, one of the lowest daily figures this year, even as the country recorded no death from the disease on the day, the sixth day in the past nine days that nobody died from the disease in the country.

The new figure which is significantly lower than the 214 recorded a day earlier raised the total number of infections in the West African nation to 162,178.

This is according to an update published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night.

In the past week, daily infections have fallen below 300; it averaged over 1,000 between December and early February. Deaths have also declined and with no new deaths on Wednesday, the fatalities in the country remain 2, 031 in total, according to the NCDC.

The data also suggest that the country may have gone past the worst phase of the virus, although experts warn it might be too early to celebrate.

The 96 new cases were reported from 15 states – Lagos (28), Yobe (20), Akwa Ibom (10), Cross River (9), Kaduna (6), Kano (5), Edo (4), Oyo (3), Plateau (3), Jigawa (2), Osun (2), Borno (1), Nasarawa (1), Rivers (1), and Sokoto (1).

Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February last year, the country has carried out over 1.7 million tests.