Nigeria on Saturday recorded one thousand five hundred and ninety-eight (1598) COVID-19 cases in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the figure in a tweet on Saturday night.
Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Rivers, Kaduna and Anambra top the list with 461, 206, 197, 168, 116, 53 cases respectively.
Others were Kaduna-116, Anambra-53, Ogun-49,Ebonyi-47.
Edo-42, Sokoto-32, Imo-31, Katsina-31, Oyo-30, Akwa Ibom-27, Delta-16,Kano-16, Abia-15,Niger-15, Ondo-11, Bayelsa-10
Borno-9, Kebbi-8, Ekiti-7 and Jigawa-1
1598 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-461
FCT-206
Plateau-197
Rivers-168
Kaduna-116
Anambra-53
Ogun-49
Ebonyi-47
Edo-42
Sokoto-32
Imo-31
Katsina-31
Oyo-30
Akwa Ibom-27
Delta-16
Kano-16
Abia-15
Niger-15
Ondo-11
Bayelsa-10
Borno-9
Kebbi-8
Ekiti-7
Jigawa-1 pic.twitter.com/KyRi1mZySD— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 16, 2021
Nigeria has now recorded 108, 943 coronavirus cases and 1,420 deaths officially.
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