By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Monday said it has confirmed 155 fresh cases of COVID-19.
The report released via it’s twitter handle has it that sixteen states including the FCT recorded varying figures of the novel virus infections as follows:
Lagos-42
Rivers-16
Ebonyi-10
Abia-9
Ogun-9
FCT-9
Osun-7
Katsina-6
Kaduna-6
Ekiti-4
Taraba-4
Edo-3
Anambra-2
Akwa Ibom-2
Kano-1
The latest figure posted by the health agency brought total confirmed cases to 55,160 and also raised total discharged case to 43,231.
It also reported that 1,061 deaths have been recorded since the announcement of the first case of coronavirus in Nigeria.
The state by state breakdown of total cases is tabulated below: