Nigeria has recorded 269 new infections of COVID-19 across 15 states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.
The agency disclosed this in its update for October 9, 2021.
The new cases were reported in 14 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The states that recorded new infections are FCT (127), Lagos (45), Kaduna (28), Delta (18), Kwara (17), Plateau (13), Zamfara (10), Rivers (8), Imo (21), Ekiti (5), Nasarawa (4), Edo (3), Ondo (3), Akwa Ibom (2) and Oyo (1).
The NCDC said Friday’s report includes 60 discharged cases reported from Bayelsa state for October 5 (40) and 8 (20), and 15 confirmed cases reported from Kano state for October 7 (8) and 8 (7).
It also includes 24 confirmed cases reported from Benue state for October 7 (11) and 8 (13) and nine confirmed cases reported for Bauchi state for October 7 (5) and 8 (4).
Two deaths were reported on Friday, bringing the number of fatalities to 2,743.
The NCDC said 256 persons were discharged after recovering from the infection.
