Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 137 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday evening, 3rd November 2020, confirmed 137 new cases of coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

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

The development brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 63,173 which includes 59,634 discharged cases and 1,151 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Lagos State recording the highest number of new confirmed cases, followed by Abia and FCT.

137 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-60
Abia-21
FCT-18
Rivers-13
Kaduna-5
Oyo-4
Edo-3
Delta-2
Imo-2
Kano-2
Ogun-2
Bauchi-1
Gombe-1
Nasarawa-1
Niger-1
Osun-1

63,173 confirmed
59,634 discharged
1,151 deaths.

137 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-60
Abia-21
FCT-18
Rivers-13
Kaduna-5
Oyo-4
Edo-3
Delta-2
Imo-2
Kano-2
Ogun-2
Bauchi-1
Gombe-1
Nasarawa-1
Niger-1
Osun-1

63,173 confirmed
59,634 discharged
1,151 deaths pic.twitter.com/1Fw4CNv4wJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 3, 2020