The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said 125 COVID-19 infections have been reported across the country
The agency in its update for October 17, 2021 said the infections were recorded in nine states and in the federal capital territory (FCT).
The states that reported the new cases are the FCT (45), Kaduna (34), Rivers (11), Lagos (10), Osun (10), Oyo (9), Jigawa (2), Edo (2), Kano (2), and Plateau (1).
The NCDC said 59 patients were discharged after recovering from the infection.
The NCDC added that 33 persons died of COVID-19-related complications on Sunday, raising the total number of fatalities to 2,837.
According to the agency, 45 cases reported in the FCT are for the 16th (25 cases) and 17th (18 cases) of October.
The NCDC also said five recoveries reported in the FCT on October 16.
Out of the 209,298 COVID-19 cases so far recorded in Nigeria, 197,143 patients have recovered.
