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Nigeria's COVID-19 cases have gone beyond 54,000 after 143 fresh infections were confirmed on Monday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Plateau state topped the list of those with new cases for the seventh consecutive day with 35 positive samples, followed by Kaduna with 21 and Lagos with 19. Other states with cases recorded are FCT (13), Ebonyi (9), Adamawa (7), Enugu (7), Katsina (7), Edo (6), and Kwara (5). Osun State recorded three fresh cases, followed by Anambra with 2, then Kano with 2, Niger (2), Ogun (2), Benue (1), Borno (1), and Sokoto (1).

Lagos State Health Commissioner, Akin Abayomi, has recovered from COVID-19 after testing positive. Gbenga Omotoso, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, made this disclosure in a tweet he shared. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that 138 more infections were reported in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest number of Cases In Four Months.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has expressed optimism saying he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years. Speaking at a conference in Geneva, on Friday, the head of the health organization said the Spanish flu of 1918 had taken two years to overcome. He added that current advances in technology in the healthcare sector could enable the world to bring to an end the virus "in a shorter time" according to the BBC.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night announced new 593 confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 50,488. The new cases were reported from 16 states: Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), Ondo (19), Edo (18), Kaduna (17), Enugu (12), Akwa Ibom (10), Ogun (7), Abia (6), Gombe (6), Kano (3) and Osun (3). The deadly virus has so far claimed the lives of 985, while 37,304 patients have recovered.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported zero death and 453 new cases from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known on its twitter handle on Wednesday.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that as at yesterday Tuesday Nigeria has recorded an additional 241 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection pushing the toll to 10,819. Meanwhile, 15 deaths were also recorded from the deadly virus, bringing the total deaths to 314. Although,there was an observed decrease in the number of the infection on Tuesday when compared to that recorded on Monday.