COVID-19: Nigeria records 603 new cases, as total exceeds 28,000

Nigeria on Saturday recorded 603 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the confirmed cases in the country to 28,167

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) also disclosed that six deaths were recorded from the virus,

The health agency in a tweet Saturday night said the new cases were reported in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with Lagos remaining the epicentre for the disease in the country.

The 603 new cases were reported from 18 states and FCT: Lagos – 135, Edo – 87, FCT – 73, Rivers – 67, Delta – 62, Ogun – 47, Kaduna – 20, Plateau – 19, Osun – 17, Ondo – 16, Enugu – 15, Oyo – 15, Borno – 13, Niger – 6, Nasarawa – 4, Kebbi – 3, Kano – 2, Sokoto – 1 and Abia – 1.

“Till date, 28, 167cases have been confirmed, 11, 462 cases have been discharged and 634 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the NCDC stated.

There are 16, 071 active cases of COVID-19 in the country so far, while 11, 562 have recovered and have been discharged.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria in February, NCDC said 148, 188 samples have so far been tested.