Nigeria COVID-19 death hit 1,449

On Monday, January 19, Nigeria recorded 1,617 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the country’s total infection to 112,004 cases.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,  NCDC, 14 person also died from the COVID-19 complications.

Nigeria has now recorded 112,004 COVID-19 infections with 89,939 cases successfully treated and discharged and 1,449 fatalities.

Almost half of Monday’s cases were recorded in Lagos, with 776 infections.

Other states with new cases include Kaduna-147,,wara-131, FCT-102, Plateau-78, Edo-59 ,Ogun-53, Osun-45, Rivers-37, Taraba-36 Nasarawa-34, Adamawa-33, Kano-26, Delta-20, Ebonyi-16, Bayelsa-11, Gombe-11, and Borno-2.

Nigeria has witnessed a surge in new cases since last December when the federal government announced a second wave of the pandemic.

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