Eighteen more Nigerians have died of COVID-19 complications, while 645 others were infected on Saturday, the NCDC has said.
Saturday’s fatalities marked an increase from the eight deaths recorded on Friday.
This brings to 1,831 the total deaths Nigeria record from the virus since its started last year.
The total number of infections climbed to 151,553 as of Saturday night when the NCDC made the announcement.
Low testing figures in many states has limited Nigeria’s ability to determine the true extent of the spread of COVID-19.
A fact sheet released by the NCDC showed that Kogi, Cross River and some other states were not conducting enough tests.
More than two-third of the over 151,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.
The figure indicates the level of success the country’s health professionals have recorded in containing the virus.
According to NCDC data published Friday night, a total of 128,005 people have recovered after treatment
Although people who recover from a viral infection often develop immunity against the same disease, it remains unclear whether this is the case with COVID-19 infection.
Meanwhile, over 21,000 infections are still active in the country.
Since the pandemic broke out in February last year, Nigeria has carried out over 1.3 million tests.
