Category: Health
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Nigeria records 1 death, 225 new cases of COVID-19
Nigeria recorded one death and 225 fresh Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed on its Twitter handle on Tuesday. The public health agency added that 63 treated patients recovered from the infection and were discharged accordingly. It said that the new infection were reported from 11 states with Lagos…
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COVID-19: NCDC confirms 155 new infections in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new Coronavirus (COVID-19), infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the COVID-19 national death toll in the country remains 1,113 persons after four days without recording any death across…
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UN report on stillbirth finds large gap between rich, poor mothers
A global UN study has revealed that expectant mothers, who live in poor countries, belong to a minority or have little education, face far higher risks of stillbirth than women with more privileged backgrounds. A lifeless child is born every 16 seconds somewhere in the world, amounting to nearly 2 million cases every year, the…
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COVID-19: NCDC records 118 infections, discharges 357 patients Tuesday
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has successfully treated and discharged 357 patients, who have recovered from the Coronavirus (COVID-19), reporting 118 fresh infections in the country. A report in its official twitter handle on Tuesday, indicated that 357 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours, raising the number of recoveries to 51,308.…
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NCDC reports 120 new COVID-19 cases, total now 59, 465
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 120 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. NCDC’s announcement of the new infections on its official twitter handle late on Monday takes the total number of infections in the country to 59, 465. According to the agency, no death has been recorded for the second…
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NCDC records 58 new COVID-19 cases, total now 59,345
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 58 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. According to the agency, the new infections take the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 59,345. It disclosed that the…
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Nigeria records 153 new cases of COVID-19
Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached 59,001, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced 153 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the agency since the beginning of the outbreak in Febuary in Nigeria, more than…
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COVID-19: NCDC announces 201 fresh infections in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 201 fresh Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, with one death recorded in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The health agency said that the new cases had brought the…
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Nigeria records no COVID-19-related death in 24-hours, as cases reach 58,647
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says no death was recorded in the last 24-hours, as the country recorded 187 new cases of COVID-19 in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle. It added that Nigeria recorded a total of 58,647 confirmed cases of…
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Nigeria records 136 new COVID-19 cases, total cases now 58,460
Nigeria recorded 136 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 58,460. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. The new infections, the centre said, were reported in 12 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In the latest update, Lagos topped…