COVID-19: Nigeria records 544 new cases, total now 28711

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases on Sunday, increased to 28,711 as 544 new cases were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

Eleven deaths were recorded from the virus on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 645

The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Sunday night. It also said that 199 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos.

“Till date, 28, 711 cases have been confirmed, 11, 665 cases have been discharged and 645 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the NCDC stated.

The 544 new cases were reported from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT): Lagos – 199 , Ebonyi – 65, Oyo – 47, Ondo – 46, Ogun – 31, Edo – 30 , FCT – 28, Katsina – 25, Plateau – 15, Bayelsa – 11, Kaduna – 10, Adamawa – 10, Akwa Ibom – 8, Gombe-7, Kano – 4, Taraba – 3, Rivers – 2, Abia – 2, and Ekiti 1.

Since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Nigeria in February, NCDC said, 151,121 samples have so far been tested.

As of the time of reporting, there are 16,401 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, while 11,665 have recovered and have been discharged.