Nigeria has recorded 1,368 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of persons who have tested positive in the country to 148,296.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this via its official Twitter handle.
According to the tweet, the 1,368 new cases were from 28 states. Anambra state reported the highest number with 344 new cases, Oyo was second with 172 while the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, FCT was third with 148 cases.
The NCDC report added that Anambra state recorded 762 community recoveries, 132 in Plateau state and 126 in the FCT
“Anambra-344 Oyo-172 FCT-148 Benue-107 Rivers-95 Ogun-59 Ondo-56 Ebonyi-53 Kaduna-52 Plateau-46 Kwara-36 Enugu-30 Akwa Ibom-26 Osun-22 Edo-20 Abia-17 Kano-16 Borno-15 Cross River-10 Delta-8 Gombe-8 Imo-7 Ekiti-5 Sokoto-4 Jigawa-3 Bayelsa-3 Nasarawa-3 Zamfara-3”
The NCDC also tweeted that as of 16 February, 148,296 cases had been confirmed, 124,483 cases treated and discharged, while 1,777 deaths were recorded.
Today's report include:
✅ 762 community recoveries in Anambra State, 132 in Plateau State & 126 in FCT
✅ Data from Enugu State reported over the last two days
✅ A backlog of deaths reported from Abia StateA breakdown of cases by state via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/6HUWWcC0bs
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 16, 2021
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