By Chris Udochukwu
Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 964 new cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.
The health agency which disclosed this via its twitter handle said these fresh cases were recorded from the underlisted states including the FCT as follows:
Lagos-360
FCT-88
Ogun-73
Imo-72
Kaduna-67
Plateau-57
Abia-41
Osun-41
Rivers-32
Kano-26
Niger-24
Benue-23
Edo-20
Cross River-20
Akwa Ibom-8
Nasarawa-6
Zamfara-6
Ekiti-6
Jigawa-4.
The health agency further stated that the fresh infections have raised the total confirmed cases to 121,566 out of which 97,228 patients have been treated and discharged.
The NCDC regrettably informed that 1,504 lives have been lost to the complications since the index case was reported in February 27, 2020.
See below the breakdown of total confirmed cases:
