Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has assumed the epicentre of COVID-19 after recording 37, the highest in the country on Wednesday night.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that stated this via its official Twitter handle said Nigeria recorded 126 new pandemic cases.
Of the new cases, Lagos recorded 27, 16 in Plateau- 16, Kaduna- 9, Abia- 7, while Gombe and Ondo states registered six cases each.
Imo state recorded 5 new cases, Delta, Ekiti, Kwara recorded 2 cases each, while Bauchi, Katsina, Kano, Yobe, and Katsina had one each.
Confirmed Cases by State
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos | 18,723 | 3,273 | 15,245 | 205 |
| FCT | 5,488 | 522 | 4,892 | 74 |
| Oyo | 3,223 | 1,082 | 2,102 | 39 |
| Plateau | 3,158 | 969 | 2,158 | 31 |
| Edo | 2,610 | 78 | 2,427 | 105 |
| Kaduna | 2,305 | 90 | 2,182 | 33 |
| Rivers | 2,208 | 29 | 2,120 | 59 |
| Delta | 1,793 | 106 | 1,638 | 49 |
| Ogun | 1,755 | 22 | 1,705 | 28 |
| Kano | 1,733 | 26 | 1,653 | 54 |
| Ondo | 1,590 | 65 | 1,490 | 35 |
| Enugu | 1,232 | 123 | 1,088 | 21 |
| Ebonyi | 1,034 | 7 | 997 | 30 |
| Kwara | 1,004 | 77 | 902 | 25 |
| Katsina | 844 | 363 | 457 | 24 |
| Abia | 835 | 35 | 792 | 8 |
| Osun | 805 | 17 | 771 | 17 |
| Gombe | 779 | 75 | 679 | 25 |
| Borno | 741 | 2 | 703 | 36 |
| Bauchi | 681 | 11 | 656 | 14 |
| Imo | 551 | 323 | 216 | 12 |
| Benue | 467 | 57 | 401 | 9 |
| Nasarawa | 447 | 137 | 298 | 12 |
| Bayelsa | 393 | 2 | 370 | 21 |
| Jigawa | 322 | 3 | 308 | 11 |
| Ekiti | 305 | 33 | 267 | 5 |
| Akwa Ibom | 286 | 27 | 251 | 8 |
| Niger | 244 | 16 | 216 | 12 |
| Anambra | 232 | 29 | 184 | 19 |
| Adamawa | 230 | 19 | 196 | 15 |
| Sokoto | 159 | 0 | 142 | 17 |
| Taraba | 95 | 16 | 73 | 6 |
| Kebbi | 93 | 1 | 84 | 8 |
| Cross River | 83 | 0 | 74 | 9 |
| Zamfara | 78 | 0 | 73 | 5 |
| Yobe | 73 | 6 | 59 | 8 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
