For the past one week, Nigeria has been reporting daily cases below 300.
The update came as the federal government again warned states against “hasty” reopening of schools, saying that COVID-19 remains potent and very dangerous.The new cases, according to the NCDC, were found in the following 18 states – Plateau , Kaduna , Lagos , FCT , Ebonyi , Adamawa , Enugu , Katsina , Edo , Kwara , Osun , Anambra , Kano , Niger , Ogun , Benue , Borno , Sokoto .
For the sixth consecutive day, Plateau had the highest number of new cases with 35 infections on Monday. Kaduna and Lagos followed with 21 and 19 cases respectively.Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, is the second most impacted with a total of over 5,000 cases and 50 deaths.No deaths were recorded on Monday, meaning that the total number of deaths from the virus remains 1,013.
The NCDC in its daily update of the infection on its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov stated that out of the over 54, 008 infections so far, 41,638 persons have recovered and have been discharged.
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