Nigeria Records No New Covid-19 Deaths In Six Days

On Wednesday, Nigeria recorded 110 new cases of the novel coronavirus but no new deaths for the sixth consecutive day, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The last time the health agency recorded a death was on 1st of April when the number increased by one to 2,058.

Wednesday’s new cases were gotten from 11 states, which includes, Lagos (24), Yobe (24), FCT (16), Bayelsa (10), Rivers (10), Kaduna (10),Nasarawa (5), Akwa Ibom (4), Bauchi (3), Edo (3), and Plateau(1).

Till this moment, the country has recorded 163,440 cases of the virus out of which 153,788 have recovered.

On Tuesday, 7th April, the Federal Government delivered 100,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Indian government as vaccination efforts continue across the country.

According to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, as of Wednesday, Nigeria had vaccinated 964,387 eligible persons against the Covid-19 virus.

The additional vaccines from India ought to aid the country’s efforts to vaccinate most of its population against the virus.

The Federal Government has announced that it seeks to vaccinate not lesser than 70 percent of its over 200 million-strong population.

More vaccine doses are still expected from COVAX also from an African Union scheme financed by the African Export-Import Bank.