The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday announced 490 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 24,567.
It also reported seven deaths from the virus bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 565.
The NCDC said the fresh cases were from 20 states including the FCT.
A breakdown of the 490 new cases showed that Lagos recorded 118 cases, Delta – 84, Ebonyi – 68, FCT – 56, Plateau – 39, Edo – 29, Katsina – 21, Imo – 13, Ondo – 12, Adamawa – 11, Osun – 8, Ogun – 8, Rivers – 6, Kano – 5, Enugu – 3, Bauchi – 3, Akwa Ibom – 3, Kogi – 1, Oyo- 1 and Bayelsa – 1.
“Till date, 24, 567 cases have been confirmed, 9, 007 cases have been discharged and 565 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” tweeted the NCDC.
Since the first report of the disease in Nigeria in February, the NCDC said 130,164 samples have so far been tested.
As of the time of Sunday’s update, there were 14,995 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, while 9,007 have recovered and have been discharged.
A breakdown of the 24,567 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 10,144 cases, followed by FCT – 1,792, Oyo – 1, 306, Kano – 1, 200, Rivers – 1, 056, Edo – 962, Delta – 912, Ogun –782, Kaduna – 703, Katsina – 549, Bauchi – 500, Gombe – 492, Borno – 486, Ebonyi – 395, Plateau – 337, Jigawa – 317, Imo – 303, Abia – 302, Enugu – 261, Ondo – 244, Kwara – 217, Nasarawa – 206, Bayelsa – 185, Sokoto – 151, Osun – 116, Akwa Ibom – 86, Adamawa – 84, Niger – 84, Kebbi – 76, Zamfara – 76, Anambra – 71, Yobe – 59, Benue – 47, Ekiti – 43, Taraba- 19 and Kogi – 4.
