COVID-19: Nigeria records 1,598 new cases, total now 108,943

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confimed 1,598 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 108,943.

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

Data from the health agency (NCDC) reveals that 832 coronavirus patients who have been successfully treated in some of the isolation centres were discharged after receiving their second negative result while 7 new COVID-19 related deaths were recorded increasing the nation’s death toll from the virus to 1,420.

The 1,598 new cases were reported from 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria recorded 461 new infections followed by FCT-206, Plateau-197, Rivers-168 and Kaduna-116.

Other states with new cases include Anambra-53, Ogun-49, Ebonyi-47, Edo-42, Sokoto-32, Imo-31, Katsina-31, Oyo-30, Akwa Ibom-27, Delta-16, Kano-16, Abia-15, Niger-15, Ondo-11, Bayelsa-10, Borno-9, Kebbi-8, Ekiti-7 and Jigawa-1.

Till date, 108,943 cases have been confirmed, 85,367 cases have been discharged and 1,420 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.