Covid-19: Nigeria Records 438 New Cases as total infections near 40,000

Edzo87BWAAclLF0 Covid-19: Nigeria Records 438 New Cases as total infections near 40,000

A breakdown of the new cases, confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control, shows that Lagos recorded 123 new cases with Kaduna State trailing it with 50 cases.

Rivers State saw its infections rise by 40, Edo 37, Adamawa 25 and Oyo 20. Nasarawa State recorded 16 cases, while Osun and Enugu states recorded 15 cases each.

There were 14 new infections in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, 13 each in Ekiti and Ondo states, 11 in Ebonyi, 10 in Katsina, nine in Abia, eight in Delta and four in Kwara.

Ogun, Cross River, Kano and Bauchi states confirmed three more cases each, Yobe two, while Sokoto and Niger states had a case each.

The country has been able to successfully discharge a total of 16,948 persons who have recovered from the virus.

While the total number of confirmed cases is 39,977 and 856 persons have unfortunately died from the disease.

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