NCDC Reports 1398 New Cases Of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed one thousand three hundred and ninety-eight (1,228) new cases of COVID-19 disease in Nigeria.

The new cases were reported on the health agency’s official Twitter account on Wednesday night, January 12, 2021.

Naija News reports that the overall reported cases of the novel virus in Nigeria as confirmed by the NCDC  is now 103,999 which includes 82,555, discharged cases and 1382 deaths.

Below is the state-by-state breakdown of the latest cases of the pandemic with Lagos State again having the highest number of cases followed by Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos-542
FCT-131
Oyo-120
Rivers-113
Plateau-111
Kaduna-71
Kwara-71
Akwa Ibom-34
Sokoto-31
Benue-28
Ogun-27
Kano-26
Kebbi-17
Osun-12
Nasarawa-11
Delta-10
Gombe-10
Bayelsa-9
Borno-9
Edo-8
Ekiti-3
Jigawa-2
Katsina-2

1398 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-542
FCT-131
Oyo-120
Rivers-113
Plateau-111
Kaduna-71
Kwara-71
Akwa Ibom-34
Sokoto-31
Benue-28
Ogun-27
Kano-26
Kebbi-17
Osun-12
Nasarawa-11
Delta-10
Gombe-10
Bayelsa-9
Borno-9
Edo-8
Ekiti-3
Jigawa-2
Katsina-2 pic.twitter.com/LRzLZswj21

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 13, 2021