Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases jump to 9,855 with 553 new cases

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 553 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.

The latest development was communicated in a tweet by the Centre late Saturday night, with Lagos alone reporting 378 of the 553 cases.

Other states, including the FCT, reporting new cases are

FCT -52
Delta -23
Edo -22
Rivers -14
Ogun -13
Kaduna -12
Kano -9
Borno -7
Katsina -6
Jigawa -5
Oyo -5
Yobe -3
Plateau -3
Osun -1

With the newest figures, Nigeria has now recorded a total of 9,855 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the disease in the country 3 months ago. The number of discharged patients currently stands at 2,856, with 273 patients who have died as a result of the disease.

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