COVID-19: NCDC Reports 1,617 New Infections, More Deaths

Nigeria, on Monday, recorded 1,617 new COVID-19 cases in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the figure in a tweet via its Twitter handle Monday night.

Lagos, Kaduna, Kwara and FCT top the list with 776, 147, 131 and 102 cases, respectively.

According to the NCDC, Nigeria recorded fourteen additional deaths in the last 24 hours.

Nigeria has now recorded 112,004 COVID-19 cases and 1,449 deaths officially.

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NCDC tweeted: “1,617 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-776
Kaduna-147
Kwara-131
FCT-102
Plateau-78
Edo-59
Ogun-53
Osun-45
Rivers-37
Taraba-36
Nasarawa-34
Adamawa-33
Kano-26
Delta-20
Ebonyi-16
Bayelsa-11
Gombe-11
Borno-2
112,004 confirmed
89,939 discharged
1,449 deaths.”

1,617 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-776
Kaduna-147
Kwara-131
FCT-102
Plateau-78
Edo-59
Ogun-53
Osun-45
Rivers-37
Taraba-36
Nasarawa-34
Adamawa-33
Kano-26
Delta-20
Ebonyi-16
Bayelsa-11
Gombe-11
Borno-2

112,004 confirmed
89,939 discharged
1,449 deaths pic.twitter.com/mXAJHlCEhw

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 18, 2021

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