NCDC Reports 643 New COVID-19 Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 643 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the new cases were reported in a post on the disease control agency’s Twitter handle on Monday night, February 8, 2021.

The newly reported cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 140,391 which includes 114,635 discharged cases and 1,673 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Oyo State having the highest number of cases with 88 closely followed by Lagos State with 86 cases.

Oyo-88 Lagos-86 Rivers-55 Edo-54 Akwa Ibom-53 Adamawa-52 Plateau-45 Kaduna-41 FCT-34 Kwara-27 Benue-20 Kano-19 Delta-18 Nasarawa-16 Niger-15 Bayelsa-11 Borno-5 Bauchi-2 Sokoto-2.

643 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Oyo-88
Lagos-86
Rivers-55
Edo-54
Akwa Ibom-53
Adamawa-52
Plateau-45
Kaduna-41
FCT-34
Kwara-27
Benue-20
Kano-19
Delta-18
Nasarawa-16
Niger-15
Bayelsa-11
Borno-5
Bauchi-2
Sokoto-2

140,391 confirmed
114,635 discharged
1,673 deaths pic.twitter.com/X3pTXJV5jp

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 8, 2021