The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 80 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 164,080.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.
“80 new cases of #COVID19 Nigeria; Lagos-29 Rivers-19 Zamfara-6 Akwa Ibom-4 Edo-4 Osun-4 Plateau-4 Ogun-3 Kano-3 Nasarawa-2 FCT-1 Oyo-1.”
Last week, Nigeria recorded 624 new COVID-19 infections which is the lowest the country recorded in five months.
The 624 new cases reported between March 28 and April 3 is a reduction from the 849 recorded the previous week.
According to data sourced from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the last time Nigeria recorded a weekly figure below 900 was the 623 cases recorded between October 18 and 24.
Reports showed that the COVID-19 death rate increased last week. 17 persons died from COVID-19 complications, according to the data provided by the NCDC.
11 persons died from the virus the previous week (March 21 – 27) while 17 deaths were recorded in the penultimate week (March 14 – 20).
Also, 1,661 people recovered and were discharged last week; this shows a reduction when compared to the 2,417 persons of the previous week