The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday announced 667 new cases of COVID-19, down from 745 cases recorded on Thursday.
The new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 19, 147.
The agency also stated that two deaths were recorded from the virus bringing the total number of confirmed fatalities to 487.
The NCDC said the new cases were reported in 23 states including the FCT.
A breakdown of the 667 new cases showed that Lagos recorded – 281 infections, Abia – 48, Oyo – 45, FCT – 38, Ogun – 37, Enugu – 31, Ondo – 23, , Plateau – 21, Edo – 19, Delta – 18, Rivers – 18, Bayelsa – 17, Akwa Ibom – 17, Kaduna – 14, Kano – 12, Bauchi – 9Gombe – 4, Osun – 3, Benue – 3, Nasarawa – 3, Kwara – 3, Ekiti – 2, and Borno – 1
“Till date, 19,147 cases have been confirmed, 6581 cases have been discharged and 487 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” it stated.
Since the outbreak of the disease in Nigeria in February the NCDC has tested l, 108,458 samples so far.
As of the time of the update, the agency said there were 12,079 active cases of COVID-19 in the country while 6,581 were discharged.
A breakdown of the 19,147 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 8, 177 cases, followed by FCT – 1,489, Kano – 1,182, Oyo – 809, Edo – 748, Rivers – 739, Ogun – 623, Kaduna – 527, Borno – 475, Gombe – 451, Bauchi – 447, Katsina – 426, Delta – 418, Jigawa – 317, Ebonyi – 234, Plateau – 207, Imo – 205, Nasarawa – 181, Kwara – 180, Sokoto – 135, Ondo – 128, Bayelsa – 128, Enugu – 126, Zamfara – 76, Kebbi – 67, Anambra – 66, Niger – 66, Yobe – 56, Osun – 54, Akwa Ibom – 65, Adamawa – 42, Benue – 39, Ekiti – 32, Taraba – 18, Taraba – 18, and Kogi – 3.
