Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Rise by 624 to 41,804

By Martins Ifijeh

Nigeria has recorded 624 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 41,804 the number of confirmed cases in the country.

Announcing this Tuesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 212 new cases; Oyo, 69; Niger, 49; Kano and Osun, 37 each; Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 35; Plateau, 34; Gombe, 33, Edo and Enugu, 28 each; Ebonyi, 17; Delta, 10; Katsina, nine; Ogun, eight; Rivers, seven; Ondo, five; Kaduna, four; and Nasarawa, two.

It said: “Nigeria has so far recorded 41,804 new cases of COVID-19. 18,764 patients have been discharged, while 868 persons have died.”