COVID-19: Nigeria's Confirmed Cases Exceed 55,000, 100 New Cases Recorded

"Till date, 55,005 cases have been confirmed, 43,013 cases have been discharged and 1,057 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory," NCDC reveals.

COVID-19: Nigeria's Confirmed Cases Exceed 55,000, 100 New Cases Recorded
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COVID-19 cases in Nigeria have now exceeded 55,000 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported 100 more cases. 

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this in a late-night tweet on Sunday, September 6, 2020. 

NCDC stated: "On the 6th of September 2020, 100 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

 

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"Till date, 55,005 cases have been confirmed, 43,013 cases have been discharged and 1,057 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 162 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (53), Gombe (21), Oyo (19), Delta (12), Ondo (11), Plateau (10), Ebonyi (9), FCT (6), Kwara (6), Kaduna (5), Rivers (3), Ogun (2), Anambra (2), Imo (2), Ekiti (1)The 100 new cases are reported from 10 states- Lagos (39), FCT (22), Kaduna (19), Oyo (7), Ebonyi (6), Edo (3), Katsina (1), Ekiti (1), Bauchi (1), Nasarawa (1).

 

 

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 18,347, followed by Abuja (5,301), Oyo (3,194), Plateau (2,720), Edo (2,597), Kaduna (2,208), Rivers (2,175), Delta (1,768), Kano (1,727), Ogun (1,678), Ondo (1,561), Enugu (1,184), Ebonyi (1,020), Kwara (982), Katsina (813), Abia (807), Osun (795), Gombe (744), Borno (741), and Bauchi (670).

Imo State has recorded 534 cases, Benue (460), Nasarawa (438), Bayelsa (391),  Jigawa (322), Ekiti (283), Akwa Ibom (280), Niger (244), Adamawa (228), Anambra (221), Sokoto (159),  Kebbi (93), Taraba (87), Cross River (83), Zamfara (78), Yobe (67), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.