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COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rise by 153 to 59,001

Nigeria records 153 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 59,001.

Announcing this yesterday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 81 new cases; Rivers, 21; Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 11; Ogun, eight; Kaduna, seven; Oyo, six; Akwa Ibom, five; Osun and Katsina, three each; Edo, Ebonyi and Nasarawa, two each; while Plateau and Kano recorded one each.

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It said: “So far, Nigeria has recorded 59,001 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 50,452 patients have been discharged, while 1,112 persons have died.”

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