The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday announced 260 new cases of COVID-19 from 19 states including the FCT.
The new infections bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 12,486.
While Lagos State still remains the epicentre of the ravaging disease, Abia State, according to the NCDC statistics recorded the highest daily figure on Sunday with 67 infections.
The agency in its late night tweet also said 12 deaths were recorded from the virus on Sunday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 354.
It said the new cases were reported in Abia, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos, Ogun, Gombe, Edo, Imo, Kwara, Katsina, Nasarawa, Borno, Kaduna, Bauchi, Ekiti, Niger, Ondo, Plateau, Kano and Sokoto.
A breakdown of the 260 new cases showed that Abia recorded – 67, FCT – 40, Lagos – 38, Ogun – 19, Gombe – 16, Edo – 14, Imo – 9, Kwara – 8, Katsina – 8, Nasarawa – 8, Borno – 8, Kaduna – 6, Bauchi – 5, Ekiti – 4, Niger – 2, Ondo – 2, Plateau – 2, Kano – 2, and Sokoto – 2.
“Till date, 12, 486 cases have been confirmed, 3959 cases have been discharged and 354 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory, it said.
Since the outbreak of the virus in Nigeria in February, NCDC said 76,802 samples have so far been tested.
As of yesterday, there are 8,173 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, 3,959 recoveries and 354 deaths.
A breakdown of the 12,486 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 5,767 cases, followed by Kano – 999, FCT – 952, Edo – 401, Katsina – 395, Oyo – 365, Borno – 356, Ogun – 355, Kaduna – 343, Rivers – 332, Bauchi – 291, Jigawa – 283, Gombe – 217, Delta – 148, Kwara – 135, Sokoto – 129, Plateau – 115, Nasarawa – 112, Ebonyi – 103, Abia – 83, Zamfara – 76, Imo – 68 Yobe – 52, Osun 49, Akwa Ibom – 45, Adamawa – 42, Niger – 44, Ondo – 42, Kebbi – 35, Enugu – 30, Bayelsa – 30, Anambra – 29, Ekiti – 29, Taraba – 18, Benue – 13, and Kogi – 3.
