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Health News of Tuesday, 6 July 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Coronavirus: Nigeria reports 50 new cases, 1 death

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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed one death and 50 more cases of the novel coronavirus in the country as of July 5.

On its official website, the NCDC said on the morning of Tuesday, June 6 that the country's active cases were still above 1,300 with the additional figures recorded in four states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

It said Lagos reported the highest figure of 31 cases.

Yobe State reported 11 while the FCT recorded 4 and Rivers State registered one case.

The agency noted that the new infections, which dropped from the 56 cases recorded a day earlier, increased the country’s tally to 167,909.

The agency said one COVID-19 related death was recorded on Monday, keeping the total fatality toll at 2,122.

It, however, noted that the country had tested a total of over 2.3 million samples from its roughly 200 million population.

According to the NCDC, a total of 164,400 people have recovered after treatment.

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