By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday confirmed that the 160 new cases of COVID-19 recorded brought the total patients in its treatment centers and facilities to 7,456 patients.
Precise Post recalls that the health agency had via it’s twitter handle account reported that out of 59,287 total confirmed cases, 50,718 patients have been treated and discharged while 1,113 deaths were also recorded.
This implies that 7,456 patients (59,287-50,718 – 1,113) are now in the kitty of the NCDC undergoing treatment in its various isolation centres across Nigeria.
According to the report, the 160 new cases were recorded from 13 states and FCT as follows:
Rivers-42; Lagos-32; Plateau-21; FCT-18 and Kaduna-14.
Others are; Ogun-11; Katsina-10; Kwara, Ondo and Imo-3 each while Anambra, Abia and Oyo recorded 1 each.
See the state by state breakdown of total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria:
