By GRACE AUDU, Abuja –
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said on Tuesday it recorded 187 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
This brings to 58,647 the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, according to the health agency.
In an update on its official twitter handle, NCDC@NCDCgov, the agency also said that of the 58, 647 confirmed cases of infection, 49,937 had been successfully treated and discharged, with 1,111 deaths recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria.
According to the NCDC, the 187 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded from 13 states of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Lagos having 74, followed by Plateau-25, and Rivers-25.
the remaining cases came from Gombe-19, FCT-19, Osun-10, Kaduna-5, Borno-3, Ogun-2, Katsina-2, Nasarawa-1, Bayelsa-1, and Edo-1 58,647.