COVID-19: Nigeria records 1,585 new cases, total now 99,063

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,585 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 99,063.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday.

Data from the health agency reveals that 865 coronavirus patients were successfully treated and discharged from the various treatment centres across the nation after receiving their second negative result while 8 new COVID-19 related deaths were recorded increasing the nation’s death toll from the virus to 1,350.

The 1,585 new cases are reported from 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos the epicenter of the virus recorded 573 new infections followed by FCT -182 and Plateau -162.

Other states with new cases include Gombe -81, Oyo -75, Rivers -68, Sokoto -58, Ondo -55, Ogun -42, Nasarawa -40, Akwa Ibom -36, Edo -31, Kaduna -27, Anambra -22, Delta -19, Kano -17, Osun -17, Ebonyi -16, Katsina -14, Niger -14, Bayelsa -9, Ekiti -8, Borno -7, Jigawa -5, Abia -4, and Bauchi -3.

Till date, 99,063 cases have been confirmed, 79,417 cases have been discharged and 1,350 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory