Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the country recorded 26 additional deaths on Sunday, increasing Nigeria’s total death toll to 2,882.
The health agency also disclosed that 165 new infections were recorded across nine states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), increasing the country’s infection toll to 210,460 cases.
The agency stated that Lagos State and the FCT reported backlogs of fatalities and infections.
Lagos State reported 23 deaths for October 18, 19, 20 and 23, 2021, the FCT reported three deaths for October 23, 2021.
An accumulation of 77 additional cases were also reported from Lagos State for October 21, 22 and 23, 2021, while the FCT reported 43 cases for October 23, 2021.
NCDC also noted that as of Sunday, a total of 202,379 cases have been successfully treated and discharged, of which Lagos State reported 3,969 discharges on Sunday.
Other states are Rivers State in the South-South, which recorded 22 new cases on Sunday.
In the South-western states, Oyo and Osun recorded 10 and six cases respectively.
While Bayelsa and Edo states in the South-South recorded two cases each, Kaduna and Kano in the North-West and Ogun State in the South-West reported a single case each.
NCDC added that Taraba and Sokoto states recorded no cases on Sunday.