Five Deaths Recorded as Nigeria Announces 856 New COVID Cases
There were five cases of deaths on Wednesday as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 856 new cases of coronavirus.
The NCDC said in its latest chart that Lagos returned to its status as the epicenter of the disease while it recorded 337 cases of the total.
Lagos was followed by Kaduna State which recorded 152 cases while the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded 87 cases to be in third position.
Below is the breakdown of the cases as listed by the NCDC:
Gombe-47
Delta-43
Kano-31
Kwara-27
Enugu-26
Nasarawa-19
Niger-15
Oyo-11
Rivers-11
Benue-9
Bauchi-8
Ogun-8
Borno-7
Ekiti-6
Edo-5
Plateau-4
Bayelsa-3
245,404 confirmed
217,247 discharged
3,058 deaths