Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 156 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday evening, 13th November 2020, confirmed 156 new cases of coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the health agency.

The development brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 64,884 which includes 60,936 discharged cases and 1,163 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Lagos State recording the highest number of new confirmed cases, followed by FCT and Kaduna State.

156 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-70
FCT-22
Kaduna-18
Rivers-15
Plateau-11
Ogun-10
Bauchi-3
Katsina-3
Kano-2
Ekiti-1
Osun-1

64,884 confirmed
60,936 discharged
1,163 deaths.

156 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-70
FCT-22
Kaduna-18
Rivers-15
Plateau-11
Ogun-10
Bauchi-3
Katsina-3
Kano-2
Ekiti-1
Osun-1

64,884 confirmed
60,936 discharged
1,163 deaths pic.twitter.com/0XNg1M992V

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 13, 2020