Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 16,658 With 573 New Infections, Deaths Now 424
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Nigeria’s confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, have risen to 16,658.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure in its daily update on Monday night.
According to the centre, there were 573 new cases recorded nationwide.
NCDC disclosed that the country recorded 129 new recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 4 new deaths were also recorded.
19 states and the Federal Capital Territory recorded new infections on Monday.
Lagos recorded most infections with 216 new cases, followed by Rivers and Oyo with 103 and 67 new cases respectively.
Others are Edo(40), Kano(21), Gombe(20),FCT(17), Delta(13), Plateau(12), Bauchi(12), Niger(10),Kebbi(9) Ogun(8), Ondo(8), Abia(7), Nasarawa(5), Borno(1), Kwara(1), Benue(1) and Anambra(1).
So far, Nigeria has recorded a total of 5,349 recoveries and 424 fatalities.
