Nigeria Records 94 New Coronavirus Infections, Four More Deaths

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

• The latest figure is a sharp decrease from the 300 reported on Sunday, Nigeria’s highest daily tally in almost three months.
• Currently, Nigeria has tested about 687,952 of its estimated 200 million population.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, said it recorded four more deaths resulting from coronavirus complications, raising the country’s death toll to 1,158.

The NCDC’s Monday night update revealed that Nigeria recorded 94 new coronavirus infections, a sharp decrease from the 300 reported on Sunday.

With the latest update, Eko Hot Blog gathered that Nigeria’s COVID-19 total case count has reached 64,184, keeping it fifth on the list of African countries hit hardest, behind Ethiopia, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa.

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Meanwhile, of the over 64,000 total, about 60,069 persons have been discharged from hospitals, after treatment, while nearly 3,000 active cases remain in the country.

The 94 new cases were reported from 7 states – Lagos (50), FCT (24), Kwara (9), Edo (4), Kaduna (3), Ondo (2), and Plateau (2).