Coronavirus
Nigeria announces 126 new coronavirus cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 126 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Wednesday.
The 126 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 56,604.
The NCDC also announced the discharge of 3442 patients from isolation centers across the country with three new deaths reported.
The Federal Capital Territory recorded the highest number of cases for the day with 37 new confirmed cases.
Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria reported 27 new confirmed cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 18723.
Plateau state reported 16 new cases, Kaduna recorded 9 while Abia announced 7 new cases.
Other states are Gombe-6, Ondo-6, Imo-5, Delta-2, Ekiti-2, Kwara-2, Oyo-2, Bauchi-1, Kano-1, Katsina-1, Ogun-1 and Yobe-1.
NCDC reports that there are 56,604 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 47,872 discharged and 1,091 deaths.
