COVID-19: Nigeria records 1,133 new cases, five additional deaths

A total of one thousand, one hundred thirty-three, 1,133, new cases of COVID-19 infections have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Wednesday night in a tweet via its official Twitter account.

NCDC said Lagos State and FCT recorded 397 and 357 cases, respectively, while Kaduna State followed with 81 cases.

The public health agency also recorded five additional COVID-19 related deaths.

Nigeria now has a total of 80,922 confirmed cases and 1,236 deaths.

The tweet reads, “1,133 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-397
FCT-357
Kaduna-81
Plateau-63
Katsina-46
Sokoto-32
Oyo-28
Ogun-21
Kano-19
Rivers-18
Osun-13
Edo-12
Niger-12
Bayelsa-11
Borno-11
Bauchi-8
Jigawa-2
Ondo-2

80,922 confirmed
69,274 discharged
1,236 deaths.”