The seven new cases reported on Sunday occurred in Niger and Rivers states.
In continuation of a steady run of low figures that began almost three months ago, Nigeria on Sunday recorded seven newThe new figure raised the total number of infections in the country to 165,709, an update published by theAccording to the update, no new death was recorded from the virus which has already claimed 2,066 lives in the country.
The number of deaths from the virus has declined recently with only five deaths recorded in the last 31 days.A breakdown of the latest data shows that one person was discharged on Sunday after testing negative for the virus. This brings the total number of discharged persons after treatment to 156,413.Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February 2020, the country has carried out over 1.9 million tests, the agency said.