Nigeria records 184 new COVID-19 cases, six deaths

Nigeria, on Wednesday, recorded 184 new cases of COVID-19. Six people also died from the virus on Wednesday.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), with Wednesday’s figure, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 4,971 from 4,787 reported on Tuesday evening.

The public health agency in a tweet Wednesday night said the new cases were reported in 22 states. These are Lagos, Jigawa, Bauchi Katsina, Kano, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rivers, Kwara, Delta, Kaduna, Sokoto, Oyo, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Osun, Ondo, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Anambra, Plateau and Niger states.

All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus.

“Till date, 4971 cases have been confirmed, 1070 cases have been discharged and 164 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The details of the 184 new cases are as follows: Lagos – 51, Jigawa – 23, Bauchi – 16, Katsina – 16, Kano – 14, FCT – 10, Rivers – 10, Kwara – 9, Delta – 5, Kaduna – 5, Sokoto – 4, Oyo – 4, Kebbi – 3, Nasarawa – 3, Osun – 3, Ondo – 2, Ebonyi – 1, Edo- 1, Enugu – 1, Anambra – 1, Plateau – 1, and Niger – 1.

– Premium Times