By Francis Etuko
Abuja (Precise Post) – Delta state has overtake Lagos state, the known epicentre of COVID-19 to record 166 infections while Lagos trails with 120 patients as the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 790 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria on Wednesday.
The agency also put the the total death figure at 26,484 with total treated and discharged patients risen to 10,152 while the casualty figure is 603 since the index case in the country in late February.
The report released through the health agency’s twitter handle is as follows:
790 new cases of #COVID19
Delta-166 Lagos-120 Enugu-66 FCT-65 Edo-60 Ogun-43 Kano-41 Kaduna-39 Ondo-33 Rivers-32 Bayelsa-29 Katsina-21 Imo-20 Kwara-18 Oyo-11 Abia-10 Benue-6 Gombe-4 Yobe-2 Bauchi-2 Kebbi-2
26,484 confirmed ; 10,152 discharged; 603 deaths
