Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria has recorded no fewer than 110 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) but no new deaths for the sixth consecutive day.
The country’s health agency, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on Wednesday.
The last time the NCDC recorded a death, according to the report was on April 1 when the toll increased by one to 2,058.
Wednesday’s new cases were reported from 11 states, including Lagos (24), Yobe (24), FCT (16), Bayelsa (10), Rivers (10), Kaduna (10),Nasarawa (5), Akwa Ibom (4), Bauchi (3), Edo (3), and Plateau(1).
To date, the country has recorded 163,440 cases of the virus out of which 153,788 have recovered.
On Tuesday, the Federal Government took delivery of 100,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Indian government as vaccination efforts continue across the country.
