COVID-19: Nigeria records 457 new cases, 17 deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 457 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 44,890.

According to the health agency, 17 deaths were recorded on Wednesday bringing total number of causalities to 927.

The 457 new cases are reported from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

Lagos the epic centre of the pandemic in Nigeria reported 137 new cases followed by FCT with 76 new infections and Plateau -40.

Other states are:  Rivers -35, Enugu -34, Oyo - 25, Abia -23, Delta -12, Ebonyi  -11, Edo - 11, Cross River -10, Kwara -10, Kaduna -9 , Anambra -7, Ogun -5, Bauchi -3, Imo -3, Nasarawa -2, Osun -2, Ekiti -1, Kano -1

Till date, 44,890 cases have been confirmed, 32,165 cases have been discharged and 927 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Data from the NCDC revealed that a total of 304, 221 samples have been tested.