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Nigeria makes progress one year after recording first COVID-19 death
Nigeria is also the country with the least death toll among the top five Africa countries affected by COVID-19.
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COVID-19: New daily infections remain low in Nigeria
Tuesday's figure is lower than the 238 new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday.
Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections surpass 160,000
According to NCDC data published Friday night, a total of 144,059 people have recovered after treatment.
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Nigeria records 394 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths
The new COVID-19 figure is slightly higher than the 371 and 341 recorded on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
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Nigeria records 346 new cases of COVID-19, six more deaths
Nigeria suffered its worst phase of the COVID-19 outbreak between December and January.
COVID-19: Nigeria’s new daily infections remain low
Nigeria suffered its worst phase of the COVID-19 outbreak between December and January as daily infections averaged over 1,000.
COVID-19: Nigeria records 479 new cases, eight deaths
Nigeria took delivery of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday
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ANALYSIS: One year after, five gaps in Nigeria’s management of COVID-19
Nigeria recorded its first case of COVID-19 a year ago.
COVID-19: One year after, Nigeria records 155,000 cases; 1,900 deaths
Nearly half of Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections were recorded this year with about 70,000 infections reported since January 1, 2021.
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Nigeria records 634 new COVID-19 cases, six deaths
In the past one week, daily COVID-19 cases have fallen below 700.
Nigeria records 655 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths
The 655 cases on Wednesday raises the total number of infections in the country to 153,842.
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Nigeria continues trend of ‘low’ daily COVID-19 infections
This is the first time Nigeria will record less than 700 cases for five consecutive days since the country began ...
COVID-19: Data reveals low testing figures in Kogi, Cross River, others
On February 27, it will be exactly one year since Nigeria reported its first COVID-19 infection.
COVID-19: Nigeria records 521 new cases, lowest in 2021
A total of eight deaths were also recorded from COVID-19 on Sunday.
Major health stories published last week
The Nigerian government has disclosed plans to vaccinate approximately 109 million people against COVID-19 over a period of two years.
COVID-19: Nigeria records 10 more deaths, 662 new infections
More than two-thirds of the over 150,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.
COVID-19: Nigeria records lowest weekly infections in six weeks
The 6, 422 new cases recorded last week represent a 26 per cent drop from the 8,685 cases recorded in ...
NCDC updates Nigeria’s COVID-19 report for Sunday
The NCDC on Monday released an update which now includes 170 new cases and one death from Lagos.
COVID-19: Nigeria records ‘lowest’ daily infections since December
The 520 new cases reported in 19 states on Sunday indicated a significant decrease from the 1,143 reported in the ...
Nigeria records 21 more deaths from COVID-19
Of the over 141,000 COVID-19 cases, a total of 115,755 patients have recovered across the country.
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Nigeria seals health facility issuing fake COVID-19 test results
Mr Ihekweazu noted that COVID-19 test samples were collected by the centre but there was no evidence that the tests ...
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COVID-19: Nigeria records 1,624 new cases, nine more deaths
The 1,624 new COVID-19 cases were reported from 23 states.
Nigeria records 1,634 new COVID-19 cases
Also, at least six people died from COVID-19 on Tuesday in Nigeria.
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COVID-19: PTF high-risk label on Kogi political – Official
The PTF had labelled Kogi a high-risk state for refusing to test or treat people for Covid-19
Amidst rising COVID-19 cases, APC goes ahead with membership registration
The party said it registered about 18 million people during its first membership registration drive in 2014.
