Nigeria on Sunday recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 165,419.
The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.
37 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Yobe-13
Lagos-12
Akwa Ibom-6
FCT-3
Edo-1
Kaduna-1
Ogun-1165,419 confirmed
156,297 discharged
2,065 deaths pic.twitter.com/NEe8KCEHST— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 9, 2021
The 37 new cases were reported from 7 states- Yobe (13), Lagos (12), Akwa Ibom (6), Abuja (3), Edo (1), Kaduna (1), and Ogun (1).
The latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 58,588, followed by Abuja (19,809), Kaduna (9,065), Plateau (9,060), Rivers (7,132), Oyo (6,852), Edo (4,905), Ogun (4,680), Kano (3,961), Ondo (3,248), Kwara (3,122), Delta (2,623), Osun (2,575), Nasarawa (2,382), Enugu (2,401), Katsina (2,097), Gombe (2,034), Ebonyi (2,030), Anambra (1,909), Akwa Ibom (1,859), and Abia (1,689).
Imo State has recorded 1,657 cases, Bauchi (1,548), Borno (1,337), Benue (1,188), Adamawa (1,111), Taraba (974), Niger (930), Bayelsa (886), Ekiti (870), Sokoto (775), Jigawa (528), Kebbi (450), Cross River (394), Yobe (390), Zamfara (240), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases.
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