By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Nigeria has recorded 1,131 fresh cases of COVID-19, bringing it’s total confirmed infections to 142,578, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said.
Releasing the report via it’s twitter handle yesterday night, the health agency further informed that 116,947 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country since the index case was reported in February 27, 2020.
It further noted that the fresh cases were reported from the underlisted states including the FCT:
Lagos-297
FCT-194
Kaduna-83
Kano-59
Oyo-58
Taraba-53
Imo-52
Osun-47
Plateau-45
Edo-43
Akwa Ibom-42
Rivers-42
Ogun-29
Kwara-24
Benue-21
Nasarawa-16
Ekiti-7
Bauchi-6
Delta-6
Bayelsa-4
Sokoto-2
Gombe-1.
The NCDC noted with dismay that 1,702 lives have been lost to the COVID-19 related ailments.
See the breakdown of total confirmed cases below: