THE NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL (NCDC) HAS RECORDED 571 NEW CASES OF COVID-19, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY TO 153,187.
THE NCDC WHICH DISCLOSED THIS ON ITS OFFICIAL TWITTER HANDLE SAID NIGERIA ALSO RECORDED 12 COVID-19 DEATHS, RAISING THE TOTAL FATALITY IN THE COUNTRY TO 1,874.
A BREAK DOWN OF THE DATA SHOWED THAT THE 571 NEW CASES OF WERE REPORTED IN LAGOS WHICH HAD 170 CASES, OGUN-RECORDED 65 CASES, FCT HAD 45 CASES, KWARA-34, ABIA AND ENUGU HAD 32 CASES EACH, KANO-25, OYO-22, AND ONDO HAD 21 CASES. OTHERS WERE RIVERS AND KADUNA WITH 19 CASES, BENUE-18 BAYELSA AND KEBBI-12 CASES EACH, NASARAWA-11,AKWA IBOM-9 DELTA-8 EKITI-6 NIGER-5 BAUCHI AND IMO HAD 3 CASES EACH.