653 new infections of the COVID 19 infections were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday. This pushes the total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in to above the 36,000 marks.
This figure was released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC} via it verified Twitter handle late on Saturday.
The agency revealed that the new cases were reported in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while only nine states did not report a new case of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
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As usual, Lagos which has become the epicenter of the infections recorded 115 new cases, followed by Kwara, Enugu, and the FCT which recorded 85, 80, and 78 new infections respectively.
Other states are Rivers – 36, Ondo – 35, Oyo – 30, Katsina – 28, Kaduna – 19, Abia – 19, Nasarawa – 18, Plateau – 17, and Imo – 16.
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Four states – Ogun, Ebonyi, Benue, and Kano, reported nine more infections each while Delta, Bauchi, and Ekiti recorded eight, seven, and six new cases.
Gombe, Bayelsa, Adamawa, and Osun also recorded four more cases while a case was reported each in Cross River, Yobe, Borno, and Zamfara States.
Total cases now stand at 36, 107 while 14938 patients have been discharged. Sadly, 778 deaths have been recorded so far.
