Nigeria Records 603 New COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria has recorded 603 more COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s total confirmed infections to 28,167.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a late-night post via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday.

Of the number, NCDC said 11,462 have recovered while 634 people have lost the battle to the virus.

A breakdown of the figure of new cases shows that of the 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Lagos peaking at 135.

Others include Edo – 87, FCT – 73, Rivers – 67, Delta – 62, Ogun – 47, Kaduna – 20, Plateau – 19, Osun – 17, Ondo – 16, Enugu – 15, Oyo – 15, Borno – 13, and Niger – 6.

The rest are Nasarawa – four, Kebbi – three, Kano – two, Sokoto – one, and Abia – one.