The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded 159 new COVID-19 infections, with zero deaths across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the NCDC website on Wednesday morning shows that FCT had 71 infection cases.
The 159 additional infections which were recorded on Tuesday indicated an increase from the 89 cases reported the previous day in the country.
According to the report, FCT had 71, Lagos (20), Imo (17), Rivers (15), Cross River (9), Kano (7), Ondo (7), Plateau (4), Ekiti (3), Niger (3), Delta (2), and Bauchi (1).
The agency said 209,546 cases had so far been confirmed, while 197,546 cases had been discharged with 2,838 deaths recorded in the 36 states and the FCT.
The NCDC said that the country’s active cases presently stand at 9,162.
It said that more than 3,207,523 million people had been tested.
The agency added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) activated at Level 2, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.
Also, the NCDC said “all COVID-19 vaccines currently available in Nigeria are effective at preventing COVID-19.
“Research provides growing evidence that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines offer protection. COVID-19 vaccination is an important tool to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic.
“COVID-19 vaccination helps protect people from getting sick or severely ill with COVID-19 and might also help protect people around them,” it noted.
It advised people to receive all recommended doses of the vaccine to get full protection.