By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 had risen to 63,508 in Nigeria as the Centre for Disease Control yesterday confirmed that 180 new infections were recorded.
However, the report released via twitter handle further informed that a total of 59,748 have been discharged after they were certified to have tested negative after treatment.
The health agency confirmed that 1,155 lives had been lost to COVID-19 related complications since the index case in Nigeria.
According to the report, the 180 new cases were recorded from 14 States of the federation including FCT as follows:
Lagos-87
Oyo-51
FCT-12
Plateau-10
Edo-4
Ekiti-3
Ogun-3
Bauchi-2
Kaduna-2
Niger-2
Kano-1
Ondo-1
Osun-1
Rivers-1
See the state by state breakdown of total confirmed cases across the 36 states of the Federation,