Nigeria reports 154 new coronavirus infections

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded 154 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

The disclosure was made on its official website on the morning of Wednesday, July 14, 2021.

It said the new case count was a decline from the 161 recorded the previous day.

Lagos State remains the epicenter for the virus after 119 cases were recorded.

The others are; Akwa Ibom – 11; Rivers – six, Ekiti – four, Ogun – four, the FCT and Gombe reported two each while, Kwara state registered one.

“Our report include; five cases from Oyo state for July 11,” it stated.

The centre noted that 147 people who recovered from the infections have been discharged from isolation centers across the country.

The NCDC said that to date, 164, 623 people have been discharged.

It also said that 2,125 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.