Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 126 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday evening, 16th September 2020, confirmed 126 new cases of Coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

The new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the health agency.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 56,604 which includes 47,872 discharged cases and 1,091 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Abuja having the highest number of cases, followed by Lagos.

FCT-37
Lagos-27
Plateau-16
Kaduna-9
Abia-7
Gombe-6
Ondo-6
Imo-5
Delta-2
Ekiti-2
Kwara-2
Oyo-2
Bauchi-1
Kano-1
Katsina-1
Ogun-1
Yobe-1

126 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-37
Lagos-27
Plateau-16
Kaduna-9
Abia-7
Gombe-6
Ondo-6
Imo-5
Delta-2
Ekiti-2
Kwara-2
Oyo-2
Bauchi-1
Kano-1
Katsina-1
Ogun-1
Yobe-1

56,604 confirmed
47,872 discharged
1,091 deaths pic.twitter.com/r8TbTBrnhr

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 16, 2020