By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja –
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have recorded 513 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
The NCDC, in an update via its Facebook page on Wednesday, added that the 513 new cases, bring the total number of infections in the country to 202,704.
The additional 513 COVID-19 infections, on Tuesday indicates an increase from the 393 cases reported on Monday.
It added that lagos state led the chat with 132 news cases, higher than the 86 cases it recorded the previous day.
Amongst other were; the FCT (80), Rivers (70), Kaduna (43), Edo (40), Ondo (32), Delta (23), Akwa Ibom(21), Kwara (16), Gombe (12), Anambra (9), Benue (9), Kano (7), Oyo (6), Borno (3), Bayelsa and Kastina , Ogun (2), each and Jigawa (1).
According to NCDC, till date, 202,704 cases have been confirmed, 190,370 cases discharged and 2,664 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the FCT.
The disease agency said that the Country had tested a total of over 2,997,060 million samples from its roughly 200 million population.
It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
The public health agency disclosed that there were over 8,685 active cases across the country.
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