Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 131 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed one hundred and thirty-one new cases of Coronavirus disease in the country.

According to the health agency in a post on its verified Twitter account on Thursday night, September 17, the new cases were confirmed from 18 states of Nigeria.

The development brings the total number of the dreadful virus to 56,735 in Nigeria.

So far 48,092 persons have been discharged from the novel virus, while 1,093 have been reported dead since the emergence of the pandemic in Nigeria, Naija News understands.

See the newly reported cases below as confirmed by the NCDC;

Lagos-45
Kaduna-17
Plateau-17
FCT-16
Delta-6
Niger-6
Kwara-5
Oyo-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Cross River-2
Ekiti-2
Enugu-2
Osun-2
Sokoto-2
Bauchi-1
Ebonyi-1
Katsina-1
Rivers-1

131 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-45
Kaduna-17
Plateau-17
FCT-16
Delta-6
Niger-6
Kwara-5
Oyo-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Cross River-2
Ekiti-2
Enugu-2
Osun-2
Sokoto-2
Bauchi-1
Ebonyi-1
Katsina-1
Rivers-1

56,735 confirmed
48,092 discharged
1,093 deaths pic.twitter.com/A2XC1CNCrn

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 17, 2020