NCDC Records 576 New Cases Of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 576 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that this was made known in a post on the agency’s official Twitter handle on Saturday night.

The latest figures by the NCDC brings Nigeria’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases to 89,163.

The nation has also recorded 74,789 discharged cases and 1,302 deaths.

Lagos-277 FCT-90 Oyo-51 Nasarawa-49 Sokoto-23 Anambra-14 Bauchi-11 Imo-11 Kano-11 Edo-10 Plateau-10 Ogun-9 Osun-5 Jigawa-3 Rivers-2.

See total breakdown on new cases below with Lagos have the most infection rate with over 200 cases, closely followed by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

576 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-277
FCT-90
Oyo-51
Nasarawa-49
Sokoto-23
Anambra-14
Bauchi-11
Imo-11
Kano-11
Edo-10
Plateau-10
Ogun-9
Osun-5
Jigawa-3
Rivers-2

89,163 confirmed
74,789 discharged
1,302 deaths pic.twitter.com/6eRjEy724q

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 2, 2021