Nigeria Records Highest Number Of COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 9,855

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 553 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria bringing the total to 9,855

In a tweet late Saturday night, the NCDC said Lagos alone reported 378 of the 553 cases.

New cases in other states, including the FCT, are as follows:

FCT -52
Delta -23
Edo -22
Rivers -14
Ogun -13
Kaduna -12
Kano -9
Borno -7
Katsina -6
Jigawa -5
Oyo -5
Yobe -3
Plateau -3
Osun -1

The number of discharged patients currently stands at 2,856; 273 patients have died since the outbreak of the disease.