The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night confirmed 241 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the national tally to 10,819
The agency which disclosed this in its late night tweet said the cases were recorded in fourteen states including the FCT.
It added that 15 deaths were reported on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed fatalities to 314.
The states with new cases are Lagos-142; Oyo-15; FCT-13; Kano-12; Edo-11; Delta-10; Kaduna -9; Rivers-9; Borno-8; Jigawa-4; Gombe-3; Plateau-3; Osun-1; Bauchi-1.
“Till date 10819 cases have been confirmed; 3, 239 have been discharged and 314 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” said NCDC.
A breakdown of the 10,819 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 5, 277 cases, followed by Kano – 970, FCT – 687, Katsina – 371, Edo – 336, Oyo – 327, Kaduna – 297, Borno – 296, Ogun – 280, Jigawa – 274,, Bauchi – 241, Rivers – 248, Gombe – 164, Sokoto – 116, Kwara – 111, Plateau – 108, Delta – 98, Nasarawa – 80, Zamfara – 76, Yobe – 52, Akwa Ibom – 45, Osun – 46, Adamawa – 42, Ebonyi – 40, Imo – 39, Niger – 33, Kebbi – 33, Ondo – 28, Bayelsa – 21, Ekiti – 20, Enugu – 18 Taraba – 18, Abia–15, Anambra – 11, Benue – 9 and Kogi – 2.
