NCDC Confirms 184 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Now 4,971
Nigeria has recorded 184 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total infections to 4,971.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet on Wednesday confirmed the new cases.
Of the 184 cases, the centre said 51 were recorded in Lagos, Jigawa(23), Bauchi(16), Katsina(16), Kano(14), FCT(10), Rivers(10), Kwara(9), Delta(5), Kaduna(5), Sokoto(4), Oyo(4), Kebbi(3), Nasarawa (3), Osun(3), Ondo(2), Ebonyi(1), Edo(1), Enugu(1), Anambra(1), Plateau (1), Niger (1)
The Centre also confirmed that 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria and no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
Till date, 4971 cases have been confirmed, 1070 cases have been discharged and 164 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 294,199 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT Wednesday.
At least 4,305,340 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 1,473,700 are now considered recovered.
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