Nigeria Records 176 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Confirmed Cases Now 55,632

Nigeria reported 176 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country  to 55,632.

The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle on Wednesday night.

According to the NCDC update, new infections were found in the following 17 states: FCT (40), Lagos (34), Plateau (26), Enugu (14), Delta (12), Ogun (12), Ondo (9), Oyo (8), Ekiti (6), Ebonyi (4), Adamawa (2), Nasarawa (2), Kwara(2), Rivers (2), Edo (1), Osun (1), Bauchi (1).

176 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-40
Lagos-34
Plateau-26
Enugu-14
Delta-12
Ogun-12
Ondo-9
Oyo-8
Ekiti-6
Ebonyi-4
Adamawa-2
Nasarawa-2
Kwara-2
Rivers-2
Edo-1
Osun-1
Bauchi-1

55,632 confirmed
43,610 discharged
1,070 deaths pic.twitter.com/9zY4P3c985

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 9, 2020

About27,711,866 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed globally with over 900,052 deaths recorded.