Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest daily figure of confirmed COVID-19 cases yet, as 745 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
These are Lagos, Oyo, Ebonyi, FCT(60), Imo, Edo, Delta, Rivers, Kaduna, Ondo, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi, Borno, Kwara, Gombe, Sokoto, Enugu, Yobe, Osun and Nasarawa states
All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus.
In the past few days, new cases of COVID-19 in Edo, FCT, Ebonyi, Rivers Oyo, and Delta have been on the rise
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"Till date, 18480 cases have been confirmed, 6307 cases have been discharged and 475 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory," the NCDC stated.
The 745 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos - 280, Oyo - 103, Ebonyi - 72, FCT - 60, Imo - 46,, Edo - 34, Delta - 33, Rivers - 25, Kaduna - 23, Ondo - 16, Katsina - 12, Kano - 10, Bauchi(8), Borno - 7 Kwara - 5, Gombe - 4, Sokoto - 2 , Enugu - 2, Yobe - 1 Osun - 1, Nasarawa - 1.
A breakdown of the 18, 480 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 7, 896 cases, followed by FCT - 1,451, Kano - 1,170, Oyo - 764, Edo - 729, Rivers - 721, Ogun - 586, Kaduna - 490, Borno - 457 Gombe - 447, Bauchi - 438, Katsina - 426, Delta - 400, Jigawa - 317, Ebonyi - 234, Imo - 205, Plateau - 186, Nasarawa - 178, Kwara - 177, Abia - 173, Sokoto - 135, Bayelsa - 111, Ondo - 105, Enugu - 95, Zamfara - 76, Kebbi - 67, Anambra - 66, Niger - 66, Yobe - 56, Osun - 51, Akwa Ibom - 48, Adamawa - 42, Benue - 36, Ekiti - 30, Taraba - 18, Taraba - 18, and Kogi - 3.
