By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 499 new cases of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria.
The health agency reported that with the newly confirmed figure, the total number of infections in Nigeria has risen to 30748 while the total number of 12,546 patients have been discharged.
The NCDC noted with Disney that a tota of 689 lives have been lost to the pandemic since its was reported in the country in February 2020.
According to the report released by the health agency on Thursday night, Lagos the epicentre of the novel coronavirus case in Nigeria recorded 157 new infections followed by Edo and Ondo with 59 and 56 cases respectively.
The report reads:
Lagos-157
Edo-59
Ondo-56
Oyo-31
Akwa Ibom-22
Borno-21
Plateau-19
Kaduna-18
Katsina-18
Bayelsa-17
FCT-17
Delta-14
Kano-11
Rivers-10
Enugu-8
Ogun-6
Kwara-4
Imo-3
Nasarawa-2
Osun-2
Abia-1
Ekiti-1
Niger-1
Yobe-1
