By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The latest COVID-19 update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has it that 418 new cases have been recorded, bringing the total confirmed cases to 73,175.
According to the report released by NCDC via it’s twitter, the new cases were recorded from 17 states including the FCT as follows:
Lagos-113
FCT-86
Abia-47
Kaduna-39
Rivers-27
Katsina-22
Benue-14
Oyo-13
Kano-12
Enugu-8
Edo-7
Imo-7
Bauchi-6
Ebonyi-6
Ogun-6
Ondo-4
Nasarawa-1
The health agency further said that 66,090 patients have been treated and discharged since the index case in February 27.
It added that 1,197 lives have been lost to COVID-19 related complications in Nigeria.
The state by state breakdown of the total Confirmed cases is shown below: