Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases tumbled below 100 on Saturday, with NCDC announcing just 89 cases, in contrast to the 120 on Friday.
Nigeria’s confirmed cases have now reached 211,887, with 203,080 discharged and 2,895 dead.
Bauchi topped the list of infections with 22 new cases, followed by Edo and the FCT with 17 cases respectively.
Other states with new infections are Lagos 15, Plateau 10, Kaduna 4, Taraba 2, Bayelsa and Delta 1 each.
It said that the report from Bauchi State indicated 22 confirmed cases, one recorded on Oct. 29 and 21 on Oct. 30.
Bauchi also discharged 10 cases, five each on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30.
Only one discharged case was reported from Lagos state on Oct. 29.
”There are currently 5,814 active coronavirus cases in the country while a total of 3,298,966 blood samples have been tested since the pandemic began across the country,” the agency said.
In week 42, the number of new confirmed cases decreased to 1,162 from 1,604 reported in week 41. These were reported in 28 states and the FCT.
They include community discharges reported from Edo and Lagos States.
There were 45 deaths reported in the last one week.
Cumulatively since the outbreak began in Week 9, 2020, there have been 210,460 cases and 2,882 deaths reported with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.4 per cent.
In week 42, the number of in-bound international travelers tested was 2,894 of which 25 were positive compared to 34 (out of 3,673 tested) in week 41.
In the same week, the number of out-bound international travelers tested was 4,541 of which 65 were positive compared to 77 (out of 5,923 tested) in week 41.
