COVID-19: Nigeria records 604 new cases, total now 38,948

Nigeria recorded 604 new cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing total number of infections in the country to 38, 948

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle late on Thursday.

The Health Agency added that 20 deaths were recorded in the country.

Data released by the centre showed that the latest COVID-19 infections were reported in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Lagos State – the country’s epicentre of the disease, having the highest number of infected people -203.

A further breakdown of the data provided by the NCDC showed that Oyo recorded 87 cases, while FCT had 79 new cases.

Others were Edo -41, Osun -35, Ogun -24,  Rivers -22, Kaduna -22, Akwa Ibom -20, Plateau -18, Delta -9,  Ebonyi -9, Imo -8, Enugu -5, Kano -5, Cross River -5, Katsina -4,  Nasarawa -3, Borno -2, Ekiti -2 and Bauchi -1.

According to the NCDC, till date, 38,948 cases have been confirmed, while 16,061 cases have been discharged, with 833 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.