COVID-19: 111 New Cases of Infections Recorded in Nigeria

The tally of COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria has increased to 57,724 after 111 new infections were recorded with two coronavirus-related deaths in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday.

However, 149 patients were discharged after testing negative to the virus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its official Twitter handle.

A tweet from NCDC revealed that 31 of the cases were recorded in Lagos, 18 cases were recorded in Gombe, and Kaduna recorded 18 cases.

Other states were as follows: FCT-15, Rivers-14, Imo-3, Kwara-3, Oyo-3, Bayelsa-2, Ogun-2, Edo-1 and Osun-1.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has conducted about 484,051 tests since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced.

According to the health agency, on the 23rd of September 2020, 111 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria

Till date, 57,724 cases have been confirmed, 48,985 cases have been discharged and 1,102 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/Z6PDlqiUtX

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020