The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in yesterday’s report on the coronavirus disease said the country recorded 265 new cases of the infection.
With the new cases, Nigeria now has a total of 7,526 confirmed cases.
The agency said the 7,526 cases have been confirmed in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC reported 133 of the new cases were found in Lagos, 34 in Oyo, 28 in Edo and 22 in the FCT.
Others were six in Plateau, five in Kaduna, three each in Borno and Niger, and two each in Kwara, Bauchi, Anambra and Enugu.
A breakdown of the 7,526 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 3,357 cases, followed by Kano – 883, FCT – 468, Katsina – 308, Borno – 250, Jigawa – 241,Bauchi – 232, Oyo – 233, Ogun – 219, Kaduna – 184, Gombe – 145, Edo – 172, Sokoto – 116, Rivers – 89, Zamfara – 76, Kwara – 75, Plateau – 77, Yobe – 47, Osun – 42, Nasarawa – 38, Kebbi – 32, Delta – 31, Adamawa – 27, Niger – 26, Ondo – 23, Ebonyi – 22, Akwa Ibom – 21, Ekiti – 20, Taraba – 18, Enugu – 18 Bayelsa – 8, Imo – 7, Abia – 7, Anambra – 8, and Benue – 5.
So far, 2,174 persons have recovered and have been discharged while 221 have lost their lives to the infection.
