Nigeria confirms 1479 new cases of COVID-19

Nigeria has confirmed 1479 new cases of the deadly coronavirus COVID-19.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases on its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Thursday, 14th of January 2021.

According to the NCDC, the following States recorded cases “Lagos-697 FCT-201 Nasarawa-80 Plateau-74 Rivers-72 Edo-46 Adamawa-43 Osun-39 Akwa Ibom-35 Delta-31 Anambra-27 Oyo-24 Kano-21 Abia-19 Enugu-19 Ogun-18 Sokoto-12 Bauchi-7 Taraba-7 Ekiti-4 Gombe-4 Imo-4 Bayelsa-2 Jigawa-2 Zamfara-12

With these new figures, the country has 105,478 confirmed 83,830 discharged 1,405 deaths.

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1479 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-697
FCT-201
Nasarawa-80
Plateau-74
Rivers-72
Edo-46
Adamawa-43
Osun-39
Akwa Ibom-35
Delta-31
Anambra-27
Oyo-24
Kano-21
Abia-19
Enugu-19
Ogun-18
Sokoto-12
Bauchi-7
Taraba-7
Ekiti-4
Gombe-4
Imo-4
Bayelsa-2
Jigawa-2
Zamfara-1 pic.twitter.com/tM1hY1OlLo

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 14, 2021

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