COVID-19: Nigeria records 562 new cases, as total exceeds 37,000

Nigeria recorded 562 new cases of the novel Coronavirus, bringing total infections in the country to 37,225.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on its official twitter handle disclosed that 12 new deaths were recorded on Monday taking the country’s death toll to 801.

According to the NCDC, the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The FCT had the highest COVID-19 cases in Nigeria on Monday with 102.

The health agency said 100 fresh infections were reported in Nigeria’s COVID-19 epicentre, Lagos, while Plateau had 52 cases.

Among other states with new cases were Kwara – 50, Abia – 47, Kaduna – 35,  Benue – 34,  Oyo – 26,  Ebonyi – 24,  Kano – 16, Niger – 15,  Anambra – 14 and Gombe – 12, Edo – 11, Rivers – 6, Nasarawa – 5,  Delta – 5,  Borno – 3,  Enugu – 2,  Bauchi – 2 and  Kebbi – 1.

Till date a total of 37,225 cases have so far been recorded with 15,333 patients treated and discharged while 801 deaths have occurred as a result of complications from the virus.