COVID-19: NCDC registers 125 infections, as cases rise to 209,298 | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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COVID-19 cases in Nigeria continues to rise as 125 new cases were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday.

The Public Health Agency also confirmed 33 deaths in the country on Sunday.

The NCDC stated that the FCT reported the highest infections with 45 new cases, followed by Kaduna , Rivers , Lagos .“Today’s report includes: 45 cases reported in the FCT are for Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 , 2021.According to it, 209,298 cases have been confirmed, 197,143 cases have been discharged and 2,837 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the FCT so far.It added that over 3,142,971 million samples of the virus from the nation’s roughly 200 million population had been tested.

According to it, a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre , activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.“This is in line with our priority to ensure that Nigerians receive safe care and healthcare workers are protected as they provide care. “The new manual is available to the general public on the NCDC website but also targeted at health care workers to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases while administering health care.

“It contains guidelines on how to establish IPC programmes, implement standard and transmission-based precautions, how to apply administrative controls in IPC and other essential aspects of infection control in healthcare.

 

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