COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 205 new cases

Nigeria has recorded 205 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of persons who have tested positive in the country to 160,537.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this via its official Twitter handle.

According to the tweet, the 205 new cases were from 15 states. Ondo state reported the highest number with 33 new cases, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, FCT was second with 22 while Niger state had the lowest with 2 new cases.

“Ondo-33 Lagos-25 FCT-22 Bauchi-21 Akwa Ibom-15 Kaduna-14 Katsina-13 Ogun-13 Rivers-11 Edo-8 Ekiti-4 Imo-4 Kano-3 Nasarawa-2 Niger-2.”

The NCDC also tweeted that as of 13 March, 160,537 cases had been confirmed, 144,714 cases treated and discharged, while 2,013 deaths were recorded.

205 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Ondo-33
Lagos-25
FCT-22
Bauchi-21
Akwa Ibom-15
Kaduna-14
Katsina-13
Ogun-13
Rivers-11
Edo-8
Ekiti-4
Imo-4
Kano-3
Nasarawa-2
Niger-2

160,537 confirmed
144,714 discharged
2,013 deaths pic.twitter.com/usunItWLNs

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 13, 2021

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