By Ogechi Okorie
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that 180 persons tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday in the country.
The report released via it’s twitter handle said Lagos State recorded the highest number of cases as it raked in 87 new infections followed by Oyo with 51 cases and FCT came third with 12 cases.
Others are: Plateau-10; Edo-4; Ekiti and Ogun-3 each; Bauchi, Kaduna and Niger-2 each while Kano,Ondo, Osun and Rivers recorded 1 infection each.
The new infections brought the total confirmed cases to 63,508 out of which 59,748 have been treated and discharged.
The report added that 1,155 deaths have been recorded since the index case was recorded in February 27, 2020.
Below is the state by state breakdown of total confirmed cases:
