COVID 19: 575 New Cases Jerk Up Nigeria’s Total Infections to 29, 286.

Babajide Okeowo
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Nigeria, on Monday, recorded 575 new cases of the novel coronavirus pushing the total number of infections in the country to 29, 286.COVID-19

This figure was released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet on its official handle on Monday night. According to NCDC, the new cases were reported in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

A usual, Lagos State had the highest number of COVID-19 cases for the day with 123 and is closely followed by the Federal Capital Territory, FCTwith 100 infections.

According to the NCDC, the rest COVID-19 cases in the country for the day were recorded as follows: Delta – 58, Edo – 52, Ogun – 42, Katsina – 24, Bayelsa – 23, Rivers – 22, Borno – 19 and Plateau – 18.

Others are Ondo – 18, Oyo – 17, Kwara – 15, Osun – 13,
Enugu – 9, Nasarawa – 7, Abia – 6, Cross River -5, Kaduna -3,
Ekiti – 1.

So far, 11,828 patients have been discharged while 654 deaths have been reported, NCDC revealed.

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