Nigeria on Thursday recorded 100 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 164,588.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed the latest figures via its official twitter handle on Thursday night.
100 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Taraba-64
Lagos-21
FCT-4
Rivers-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Kaduna-2
Oyo-2
Bauchi-1
Nasarawa-1164,588 confirmed
154,578 discharged
2,061 deaths pic.twitter.com/BWgIpKVbA4— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 22, 2021
The 65 new cases were reported from 9 states- Taraba (64), Lagos (21), Abuja (4), Rivers (3), Akwa Ibom (2), Kaduna (2), Oyo (2), Bauchi (1), and Nasarawa (1).
Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 58,209, followed by Abuja (19,754), Plateau (9,049), Kaduna (9,036), Rivers (7,070), Oyo (6,842), Edo (4,898), Ogun (4,647), Kano (3,942), Ondo (3,226), Kwara (3,120), Delta (2,617), Osun (2,572), Nasarawa (2,380), Enugu (2,281), Katsina (2,097), Gombe (2,034), Ebonyi (2,020), Anambra (1,909), Akwa Ibom (1,843), and Abia (1,683).
Imo State has recorded 1,655 cases, Bauchi (1,540), Borno (1,337), Benue (1,188), Adamawa (1,063), Niger (930), Taraba (910), Bayelsa (885), Ekiti (869), Sokoto (775), Jigawa (527), Kebbi (450), Cross River (394), Yobe (365), Zamfara (240), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.

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