Nigeria Records 385 New COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria has recorded 385 new COVID-19 cases.

Gatekeepers News reports that Nigeria has recorded 385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, December 13, 2021, bringing the number of confirmed infections in the country to 217,866.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its daily report.

In this report, FCT recorded the highest cases – 116, Delta-115, Akwa Ibom-41, Ogun-33, Cross River-23, Edo-23, Kaduna-10, and Rivers-7.

Plateau, Bayelsa, and Oyo recorded 5 each while Kano recorded just 2.

According to NCDC, this report includes:

▪️116 cases reported for FCT are for 12th (17) and 13th (97) Dec 2021

▪️115 cases reported for Delta state are backlog from October (31), November (61), December 7th (4), 8th (6), 9th (5), 10th (2), and 12th (6)

▪️42 recoveries reported for FCT are for 12th (34) and 13th (8) Dec 2021

▪️41 cases reported for Akwa Ibom state are backlog from 21st October (32), 9th (1), and 10th (8)

Since the outbreak on February 27, 2020, a total of 2,983 persons have lost their lives to the virus while 210,076 have recovered and have been discharged.