Covid-19: FCT Leads As Nigeria Records 1340 New Infections

'Dotun Akintomide
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From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau)

Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja led with 320 cases as Nigeria recorded 1340 cases, 14 deaths, Thursday.

This was announced by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official website.

The figure has brought the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 136, 030.

However, a total of 1,302,410 samples have been tested so far.

110, 449 cases have been discharged and 1632 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory since the pandemic began.

Moreover, FCT led with (320) cases. This has brought its total number of confirmed cases to 17, 563, 11; 449 have been discharged with 127 deaths.

Nationwide, 1414 patients were discharged in the country. This includes 824 community recoveries in Lagos State, 448 in the FCT and 142 in Plateau State. All are managed in line with guidelines.

Specifics:
The 1340 new cases are reported from 22 states- FCT (320), Lagos (275), Rivers (117), Oyo (100), Akwa Ibom (57), Ogun (51), Ebonyi (48), Benue (44), Adamawa (42), Imo (38), Kwara (35), Gombe (32), Kaduna (31),Edo (29), Osun (29), Kano (24), Ekiti (15), Katsina (14), Delta (13), Nasarawa (13), Jigawa (10), and Sokoto

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