Seven Nigerians Lost To Covid-19 In Latest NCDC’s Statistics

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

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced 1,598 new infections, and 7 additional deaths from the Covid-19 disease in the country.

The Saturday’s figures bring the country’s total number of cases to 108,943, while its discharged cases are 85,347 as its death toll has risen to 1420.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday.

However, Lagos State, the epicenter of the pandemic led with 461 new cases and Abuja trailed behind with 206.

“1598 new cases were reported from 24 states as follows; Lagos-461 FCT-206 Plateau-197 Rivers-168 Kaduna-116 Anambra-53 Ogun-49 Ebonyi-47 Edo-42 Sokoto-32 Imo-31 Katsina-31 Oyo-30 Akwa Ibom-27 Delta-16 Kano-16 Abia-15 Niger-15 Ondo-11 Bayelsa-10 Borno-9 Kebbi-8 Ekiti-7 Jigawa-1.”

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