Nigeria on Thursday recorded 80 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
This brings the total number of recorded cases in the country to 164,080.
The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle:
80 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-29
Rivers-19
Zamfara-6
Akwa Ibom-4
Edo-4
Osun-4
Plateau-4
Ogun-3
Kano-3
Nasarawa-2
FCT-1
Oyo-1164,080 confirmed
154,285 discharged
2,061 deaths pic.twitter.com/DupS2ep4Xv— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 15, 2021
According to the NCDC, the 80 new cases were reported from 10 states- Lagos (29), Rivers (19), Zamfara (6), Akwa Ibom (4), Edo (4), Osun (4), Plateau (4), Ogun (3), Kano (3), Nasarawa (2). Abuja (1), and Oyo (1).
The latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 58,033, followed by Abuja (19,742), Plateau (9,041), Kaduna (8,998), Rivers (7,007), Oyo (6,838), Edo (4,893), Ogun (4,627), Kano (3,935), Ondo (3,226), Kwara (3,120), Delta (2,617), Osun (2,563), Nasarawa (2,378), Enugu (2,259), Katsina (2,097), Gombe (2,034), Ebonyi (2,017), Anambra (1,909), Akwa Ibom (1,810), and Abia (1,683).
Imo State has recorded 1,655 cases, Bauchi (1,540), Borno (1,337), Benue (1,188), Adamawa (1,051), Niger (930), Taraba (910), Bayelsa (878), Ekiti (868), Sokoto (775), Jigawa (527), Kebbi (450), Cross River (385), Yobe (365), Zamfara (234), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.
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