373 New Cases Of COVID-19 Recorded In Nigeria

373 New Cases Of COVID-19 Recorded In Nigeria

Nigeria has recorded 373 new cases of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic totalling it to 48,116 cases.

Ten persons died in the last 24 hours of COVID-19 complications, the NCDC announced Thursday.

This raised the death toll to 966, in contrast with the 956 logged in on Wednesday and Tuesday.

The increasing death toll was announced as the confirmed cases of COVID-19 also went southwards.

They fell to 373, from the 473 reported a day earlier. The national total is now 48,116.

Cases were reported in 19 states and FCT Abuja, with Lagos on top of the grim leaderboard once again.

Lagos recorded 69 cases, in contrast with the 113 confirmed cases on Wednesday. Osun came next with 41 cases. Kaduna tied with Oyo, in the place with 40 cases.

The Federal capital of Abuja, the second worst hit after Lagos, reported just 35 cases.

Here is the breakdown of cases state by state;


Lagos-69

Osun-41

Kaduna-40

Oyo-40

FCT-35

Plateau-22

Rivers-19

Kano-17

Ondo-17

Ogun-15

Abia-14

Gombe-12

Imo-9

Enugu-7

Kwara-6

Delta-5

Niger-2

Borno-1

Bauchi-1

Nasarawa-1