By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 patients hit 48,770 in Nigeria as another 325 persons tested positive to the novel virus on Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said.
In the report released late Saturday, the agency said the 325 cases recorded from twenty states, while other states has no reported case(s) of new infection.
The states where those cases were reported are as follows:
Lagos-87 FCT-49 Gombe-28 Ebonyi-20 Plateau-19 Kwara-18 Enugu-17 Imo-12 Rivers-12 Kaduna-11 Ogun-10 Edo-9 Oyo-9 Ondo-8 Osun-8 Ekiti-4 Borno-1 Kano-1 Bauchi-1 Nasarawa-1
NCDC also informed that while 36,290 patients have been treated and discharged, 974 lives have been lost t the pandemic since the index case was reported in the country.48,770 confirmed 36,290 discharged 974 deaths.
See how the states stand: