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COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Approach 9000 in Nigeria

  • COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Approach 9000 in Nigeria

Number of COVID-19 confirmed cases surged to almost 9000 on Thursday as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control announced 182 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths.

According to the NCDC, the total number of confirmed cases rose to 8915 on Thursday with 2592 recovered and discharged patients. Similarly, 258 deaths have been recorded so far in Africa’s most populous nation.

“Till date, 8915 cases have been confirmed, 2592 cases have been discharged and 259 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” NCDC stated.

The 182 new cases were reported from 16 states- Lagos (111), FCT (16), Akwa Ibom (10), Oyo (8), Kaduna (6), Delta (6), Rivers (5), Ebonyi (4), Ogun (4), Kano (3), Plateau (2), Gombe (2), Kebbi (1), Kwara (2), Bauchi (1), and Borno (1).

Complete Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 4,123 3,331 745 47
Kano 939 759 139 41
FCT 535 363 158 14
Katsina 358 293 51 14
Oyo 260 166 88 6
Borno 258 73 160 25
Ogun 246 109 128 9
Jigawa 241 159 78 4
Edo 240 158 69 13
Bauchi 234 22 205 7
Kaduna 221 77 138 6
Rivers 176 121 43 12
Gombe 154 32 119 3
Sokoto 116 9 93 14
Plateau 99 50 47 2
Kwara 87 49 37 1
Zamfara 76 5 66 5
Nasarawa 62 42 18 2
Delta 57 36 14 7
Yobe 47 32 8 7
Akwa Ibom 45 29 14 2
Osun 44 5 35 4
Ebonyi 40 32 8 0
Adamawa 38 15 20 3
Imo 34 27 7 0
Kebbi 33 0 29 4
Niger 30 20 9 1
Ondo 24 3 19 2
Ekiti 20 2 16 2
Taraba 18 8 10 0
Enugu 18 10 8 0
Bayelsa 12 5 6 1
Anambra 11 7 3 1
Abia 10 7 3 0
Benue 7 6 1 0
Kogi 2 2 0 0

Samed Olukoya

Is the CEO and Founder of Investors King Limited. He is a seasoned foreign exchange research analyst and a published author on Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Nasdaq, Entrepreneur.com, Investorplace, and other prominent platforms. With over two decades of experience in global financial markets, Olukoya is well-recognized in the industry.

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