Nigeria records 663 new cases of COVID-19, highest in a day

 

BY NICHOLAS ABE

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Nigeria on Tuesday turned in the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day, since the index case over 100 days ago.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that 663 new cases were recorded across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Also, four coronavirus related deaths were registered same day.

The 663 new cases were reported as follows: Lagos (170), Ogun (108), Bauchi (69), Ebonyi (49), Edo (33), Rivers (30), FCT (26), Jigawa (26), Delta (20), Anambra (17), Gombe (16), Kano (16), Imo (15), Abia (14), Borno (11), Oyo (11), Plateau (8), Kebbi (6), Kaduna (6), Ondo (4), Niger (2), Katsina (2), Osun (1), Ekiti (1), Kwara (1) and Nasarawa (1).

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Cross River remains the only state without any confirmed case of COVID-19.

Till date, 13,464 cases have been confirmed; 4,206 cases have been discharged and 365 deaths have been recorded nationwide, the NCDC published on its #COVID19 micro site.