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Nigeria Reports 276 New Cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Total Now 8344

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  • Nigeria Reports 276 New Cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Total Now 8344

Nigeria continues to announce more cases of COVID-19 despite efforts to curtail the spread of the deadly virus in Africa’s largest economy.

The total number of confirmed cases rose by 276 on Tuesday to 8344, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The centre said it has discharged 2385 patients since the virus first broke out in Africa’s most populous nation in February. However, 16 people died in the last 24 hours to take the total number of death cases due to the virus to 249.

The NCDC said “Till date, 8344 cases have been confirmed, 2385 cases have been discharged and 249 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”

The 276 new cases were reported from 15 states- Lagos (161), Rivers (36), Edo (27), Kaduna (19), Nasarawa (10), Oyo (6), Kano (4), Delta (3), Ebonyi (3), Gombe (2), Ogun (1), Ondo (1), Borno (1), Abia (1) and Bauchi (1).

Complete Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 3,756 3,051 658 47
Kano 923 751 134 38
FCT 519 349 156 14
Katsina 335 270 51 14
Borno 256 86 145 25
Oyo 250 168 76 6
Ogun 241 123 109 9
Jigawa 241 159 78 4
Bauchi 233 23 203 7
Edo 218 151 58 9
Kaduna 208 74 128 6
Rivers 157 114 32 11
Gombe 150 29 118 3
Sokoto 116 12 90 14
Plateau 95 50 43 2
Kwara 79 44 34 1
Zamfara 76 8 63 5
Nasarawa 56 36 18 2
Delta 49 28 14 7
Yobe 47 32 8 7
Osun 44 5 35 4
Ebonyi 36 30 6 0
Imo 33 26 7 0
Kebbi 32 11 17 4
Niger 28 18 9 1
Adamawa 27 7 18 2
Ondo 24 3 19 2
Akwa Ibom 24 9 13 2
Ekiti 20 4 14 2
Enugu 18 10 8 0
Taraba 18 8 10 0
Bayelsa 12 6 6 0
Anambra 10 6 3 1
Abia 8 5 3 0
Benue 5 4 1 0

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