Nigeria has confirmed 1585 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 Saturday, 9th of January 2021.
According to the NCDC, the following States recorded cases “Lagos-573 FCT-182 Plateau-162 Gombe-81 Oyo-75 Rivers-68 Sokoto-58 Ondo-55 Ogun-42 Nasarawa-40 Akwa Ibom-36 Edo-31 Kaduna-27 Anambra-22 Delta-19 Kano-17 Osun-17 Ebonyi-16 Katsina-14 Niger-14 Bayelsa-9 EKiti-8 Borno-7 Jigawa-5 Abia-4 Bauchi-3”
With these new figures, the country has 99,063 confirmed 79,417 discharged and 1,350 deaths.
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1585 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-573
FCT-182
Plateau-162
Gombe-81
Oyo-75
Rivers-68
Sokoto-58
Ondo-55
Ogun-42
Nasarawa-40
Akwa Ibom-36
Edo-31
Kaduna-27
Anambra-22
Delta-19
Kano-17
Osun-17
Ebonyi-16
Katsina-14
Niger-14
Bayelsa-9
EKiti-8
Borno-7
Jigawa-5
Abia-4
Bauchi-3 pic.twitter.com/HFBLIBezZu— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 9, 2021
