Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 97 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday evening, 20th September 2020, confirmed 97 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 56,956 which includes 48,205 discharged cases and 1,094 deaths.

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

Lagos-46
Kwara-12
Rivers-11
Adamawa-4
Niger-4
Ogun-4
Osun-4
Ekiti-3
Imo-3
Kaduna-3
Plateau-2
FCT-1

Here is the tweets of NCDC confirming the new cases below

97 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-46
Kwara-12
Rivers-11
Adamawa-4
Niger-4
Ogun-4
Osun-4
Ekiti-3
Imo-3
Kaduna-3
Plateau-2
FCT-1

57,242 confirmed
48,569 discharged
1,098 deaths pic.twitter.com/TcUEHwZMaI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 20, 2020