Nigeria Records 1270 New Cases Of COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1270 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.
Ngnews247.com reports that the new cases were reported in a post on the disease control agency’s Twitter handle on Tuesday night, January 12, 2021.
The newly reported cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 102,601 which includes 81,574 discharged cases and 1,373 deaths.
Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Lagos State having the highest number of cases followed by Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Lagos-435 FCT-234 Oyo-103 Plateau-86 Rivers-71 Enugu-51 Nasarawa-41 Delta-39 Edo-39 Osun-33 Niger-31 Sokoto-23 Ondo-16 Taraba-13 Ebonyi-12 Kano-10 Abia-9 Bayelsa-8 Bauchi-7 Imo-5 Katsina-3 Gombe-1
1270 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-435
FCT-234
Oyo-103
Plateau-86
Rivers-71
Enugu-51
Nasarawa-41
Delta-39
Edo-39
Osun-33
Niger-31
Sokoto-23
Ondo-16
Taraba-13
Ebonyi-12
Kano-10
Abia-9
Bayelsa-8
Bauchi-7
Imo-5
Katsina-3
Gombe-1 pic.twitter.com/dlAMaaHXFB— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 12, 2021