By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday confirmed 555 new cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.
This was contained in a report released by the health agency via its twitter handle.
According to the report,Lagos accounted for 30.6 percent of the confirmed cases with 156 patients while the other 17 states accounted for the remaining 69.4 percent cases.
The NCDC further reminded that since the index case about five months ago, that a total of 40,532 persons have tested positive to the novel virus while
17,374 patients have been treated and discharged and that a total of 858 lives have been lost to coronavirus.
The NCDC released report says:
Lagos-156
Kano-65
Ogun-57
Plateau-54
Oyo-53
Benue-43
FCT-30
Ondo-18
Kaduna-16
Akwa Ibom-13
Gombe-13
Rivers-12
Ekiti-9
Osun-8
Cross River-3
Borno-2
Edo-2
Bayelsa-1
40,532 confirmed
17,374 discharged
858 deaths
See breakdown of cases by states below:
