Coronavirus: NCDC records 216 new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, confirmed 216 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bring the the total number of confirmed cases of the disease in Nigeria to 6, 175 from 5, 959 reported on Sunday evening.
The Health agenccy disclosed this via its Twitter handle late Monday evening, adding that nine people also died from the virus on Monday.
The NCDC in the tweet said the new cases were reported in 15 states. These are Lagos, Katsina, Oyo, Kano, Edo, Zamfara, Ogun, Gombe, Borno, Bauchi, Kwara, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kaduna, Enugu, and Rivers states.
All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus.
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“Till date, 6, 175 cases have been confirmed, 1644 cases have been discharged and 192 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the NCDC said.
The details of the 216 new cases are as follows: Lagos – 74, Katsina – 33, Oyo – 19, Kano – 17, Edo – 13, Zamfara – 10, Ogun – 8, Gombe – 8, Borno – 8, Bauchi – 7, Kwara – 7, FCT – 4, Kaduna – 3, Enugu – 3, and Rivers – 2.
