COVID-19: Nigeria records 481 new cases, total now 42,689

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, confirmed 481 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the nation to 42,689.

Ten deaths were recorded from the virus in the past 24 hours pushing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 878.

The new cases, according to the NCDC, were reported from 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

FCT reported 96 new cases displacing Lagos for the top spot of the day.

Others are: Lagos-89, Plateau-68, Ogun-49, Edo-44, Rivers-43, Oyo-25, Osun-23, Delta-15
Enugu-11, Kano-7, Kaduna-7, Bauchi-2, Bayelsa-1, Yobe-1

According to the NCDC, a total of 42,689 persons has been infected so far, 19,270 have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).