The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced 501 new cases of the novel coronavirus recorded in the country.
According to a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC also recorded eight additional deaths within the past 24 hours.
Nigeria’s total infections have now risen to an alarming 15,682!
Lagos, in the curve of the spread, reported the highest number of cases with 195 new cases and the FCT was second with 50 new infections.
Other states with new cases include Kano (42), Kaduna (27), Edo (26), Oyo (22), Imo (21), Gombe (17), Benue (12), Enugu (12), Delta (11), Anambra (11), Ebonyi (10), Nasarawa (9), Ogun (9).
Others are Bauchi (8), Kebbi (4), Akwa Ibom (3), Jigawa (3), Katsina (3), Yobe (2), Borno (2), Kwara (1) and Ondo (1).
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