Nigeria Records 1,634 New COVID-19 Cases, Six More Deaths

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Nigeria has continued to record more cases of coronavirus as the total number of infections rose to 133,552 on Tuesday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a late-night tweet via its verified Twitter handle.

It noted that 1,634 new cases were reported from 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours.

Lagos topped the list of states with fresh infections – reporting 440 more cases and was trailed by Anambra FCT and Rivers where 160, 158, and 134 new COVID-19 cases were reported.

Others include Abia – 103, Oyo – 90, Enugu – 81, Osun – 73, Gombe – 54, Kwara – 50, Ogun – 32, Plateau – 32, Akwa Ibom – 31, and Ondo – 24.

The remaining states are Borno – 23, Delta – 23, Ebonyi – 21, Taraba – 21, Bayelsa – 16, Kaduna – 15, Nasarawa – 13, Jigawa – 12, Bauchi – 11, Kano – 11, Zamfara – four, and Sokoto – two.

According to the NCDC – the agency responsible for the management of disease outbreaks in Nigeria, six more deaths were reported on Tuesday.

It noted that the nation has a total recovery figure of 107,551 with 1,613 fatalities while 24,388 are active.

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“Our discharges today include 551 community recoveries in Lagos State, 213 in Kaduna State, and 103 in Kano State managed in line with guidelines,” another tweet by the NCDC read.

See the breakdown of confirmed cases of COVID-19 according to states below:

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 49,941 7,352 42,260 329
FCT 17,071 5,944 11,000 127
Plateau 7,982 540 7,387 55
Kaduna 7,679 326 7,296 57
Oyo 5,550 1,335 4,130 85
Rivers 5,483 821 4,578 84
Edo 3,802 604 3,058 140
Ogun 3,440 520 2,877 43
Kano 3,047 304 2,661 82
Delta 2,346 550 1,744 52
Ondo 2,339 208 2,080 51
Kwara 1,986 391 1,554 41
Katsina 1,864 107 1,730 27
Nasarawa 1,830 1,444 373 13
Enugu 1,829 297 1,511 21
Gombe 1,678 136 1,500 42
Osun 1,620 385 1,203 32
Ebonyi 1,444 203 1,211 30
Abia 1,323 121 1,190 12
Bauchi 1,157 22 1,118 17
Imo 1,116 263 835 18
Anambra 1,053 700 334 19
Borno 980 170 774 36
Akwa Ibom 909 358 541 10
Benue 848 284 544 20
Niger 757 326 417 14
Sokoto 750 23 701 26
Bayelsa 685 52 609 24
Adamawa 631 363 240 28
Ekiti 579 87 483 9
Jigawa 472 71 390 11
Taraba 433 39 379 15
Kebbi 270 4 253 13
Yobe 241 34 199 8
Zamfara 209 11 190 8
Cross River 203 -7 198 12
Kogi 5 0 3 2