Coronavirus
Nigeria announces 501 new coronavirus cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 501 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Saturday.
The 501 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed cases to 15682.
The NCDC also announced the discharge of 750 patients from isolation centers across the country with eight new deaths reported.
Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 195 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 7035.
The Federal Capital Territory recorded 50 new cases while Kano reported 42 and Kaduna state 27 cases.
Other states are Edo-26, Oyo-22, Imo-21, Gombe-17, Benue-12, Enugu-12, Delta-11, Anambra-11, Ebonyi-10, Nasarawa-9, Ogun-9, Bauchi-8, Kebbi-4, Akwa Ibom-3, Jigawa-3, Katsina-3, Yobe-2, Borno-2, Kwara-1 and Ondo-1.
NCDC reports that there are 15181 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 5101 discharged and 407 deaths.
