Nigeria now has 981 infections from novel Coronavirus following the additional 108 cases announced last night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
According to the NCDC, 78 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, 14 in FCT, 5 in Ogun state, 4 in Gombe, 3 in Borno, 2 in Akwa Ibom while Kwara and Plateau states recorded one each.
The country’s total deaths from the virus now stand at 31 while 197 have recovered.
Further breakdown shows that Lagos now has 582 cases, FCT-133, Kano-73, Ogun-29, Katsina-21, Osun-20, Oyo-17, Edo-17 and Borno-12, Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Kaduna-9, Gombe-9, Bauchi-8
and Delta-6.
Other states that have recorded cases include; Ekiti, Ondo, Rivers,
Jigawa, Enugu, Niger, Abia, Benue, Anambra, Sokoto, Adamawa, and Plateau.