COVID-19: Nigeria reports 601 new cases, total now 51,905
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 601 new cases of coronavirus.
The highest daily cases in two months, the Centre through its official Twitter handle, @NCDCGov Saturday night, said Lagos recorded the highest number with 404, followed by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with 37 and Oyo, 19.
It gave the breakdown as follows:
Lagos-404
FCT-37
Oyo-19
Ondo-14
Abia-13
Enugu-13
Kaduna-13
Edo-12
Kano-12
Kwara-11
Ebonyi-10
Nasarawa-7
Ogun-6
Osun-5
Delta-5
Niger-5
Plateau-4
Bayelsa-4
Katsina-3
Ekiti-2
Imo-2
According to NCDC, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria now stands at 51,905; discharged patients stand at 38,767 and 997 deaths.
