NCDC Records 394 New Cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 394 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the new cases were reported in a post on the disease control agency’s Twitter handle on Wednesday night, March 10, 2021.

The newly reported cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 159,646 which includes 139,983 discharged cases and 1,993 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Bauchi State having the highest number of cases with 75 followed by Lagos State with 36 cases.

Bauchi-75 Lagos-36 Akwa Ibom-33 FCT-32 Nasarawa-29 Kaduna-26 Rivers-25 Ogun-22 Oyo-21 Edo-20 Taraba-18 Imo-17 Ondo-17 Borno-8 Plateau-7 Zamfara-4 Osun-3 Kano-1.

394 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Bauchi-75
Lagos-36
Akwa Ibom-33
FCT-32
Nasarawa-29
Kaduna-26
Rivers-25
Ogun-22
Oyo-21
Edo-20
Taraba-18
Imo-17
Ondo-17
Borno-8
Plateau-7
Zamfara-4
Osun-3
Kano-1

159,646 confirmed
139,983 discharged
1,993 deaths pic.twitter.com/1gOAhwkTzp

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 10, 2021