MONDAY- 11th October, 2021: The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, (NCDC), on Sunday, recorded 78 new cases of Covid-19 infections in 10 states, including the Federal Capital Territory.

The health agency also recorded 2 new death cases related to Covid-19 infections.

According to the report released on the NCDC official Facebook page on Monday, Lagos recorded the highest number of new infections with 22 cases followed by Kaduna -12, FCT – 10, Benue – 9, Imo – 8, Akwa Ibom – 4, Delta – 4, Kano – 4, Jigawa – 3, Plateau – 1 and Rivers – 1.

The health agency reported that the 78 new COVID-19 infections have brought the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 207,694.

The health agency also said with two COVID-19 related deaths reported, the death toll from the virus is 2,747.

However, 195,274 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged in the country, the agency said.

NCDC added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.