Nigeria on Saturday night recorded 113 new cases of Coronavirus across the country.
According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the total number of confirmed cases is now 61,307. The body further revealed that 56,557 patients have been discharged, and 1,123 persons have lost their lives to the virus.
The NCDC revealed on Saturday that Lagos State recorded the highest number of cases with 37 cases, followed by Kaduna State with 16 cases, and Ogun State with 11 cases.
Other states recorded as follows:
Plateau-11 Taraba-8 Rivers-7 FCT-6 Enugu-4 Niger-4 Edo-3 Delta-2 Imo-2 Benue-1
113 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) October 17, 2020
Lagos-37
Kaduna-16
Ogun-11
Plateau-11
Taraba-8
Rivers-7
FCT-6
Enugu-4
Niger-4
Edo-3
Delta-2
Imo-2
Benue-1
Kano-1
61,307 confirmed
56,557 discharged
1,123 deaths pic.twitter.com/JXCnBkxBGP