By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that Lagos State Wednesday recorded 82 infections out of the 147 new cases of COVID-19 it confirmed in the country.
The agency’s report said that the remaining 65 cases were recorded from 11 states including FCT as follows:
FCT-20
Rivers-9
Kaduna-8
Plateau-8
Benue-5
Edo-3
Kano-3
Nasarawa-3
Taraba-3
Ogun-2
Bauchi-1
According to NCDC’s report, the total confirmed cases in Nigeria since the index case have risen to 62,371 out of which 58,095 have been treated and discharged with 1,139 deaths recorded.
The breakdown of confirmed cases in Nigeria is as shown below: