Nigeria has recorded four COVID-19 related deaths and 255 new infections in the last 24 hours.
According to Sunday’s update by the nation’s health protection agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 204,456 cases have been confirmed to date.
The tally further confirmed a total of 196,620 discharged cases while 2,677 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The NCDC indicated that the latest figures included backlogs of confirmed 124 infections and 140 discharged cases for Imo State from September 20 to 26.
Lagos saw a slight decline in new infections with a total of 72 cases.
The Federal Capital Territory and Rivers state recorded a considerable decline in their daily infection rates with 36 and 16 cases respectively.
Other states with newly recorded cases include Enugu (6) and Kano (1)
No new cases were confirmed in Bauchi, Benue, Nasarawa, Osun and Sokoto States
Meanwhile, the Federal Government is expecting over 3.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine from the United States, as part of measures to ensure all Nigerians get vaccinated against the virus.
Briefing reporters in Abuja, Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said notable progress is being made in the area of vaccines.
“Over 3.5 million doses of Pfizer are being expected from the US Government this month while about four million doses of AstraZeneca are being expected early next month,” he said.
“Nigeria will be receiving over one million doses of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) shipments on a monthly basis. The PSC is committed to accessing enough vaccines for the 70% eligible persons in the country in record time.”
