The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday reported 79 additional cases of Coronavirus in the country.
It said the 79 cases were reported from 12 states and the FCT, raising the total number of cases to 56,256.
The health body in an update posted on its official website, also disclosed that four patients died from the disease on the day in review, bringing the total number of fatalities to 1,082.
It further revealed that 44,152 cases have been discharged as of Sunday.
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According to the NCDC, details of the new cases are as follows – Lagos (30), Kaduna (17), Ogun (7), Anambra (5), Kano (4), Katsina (3), FCT (3), Akwa Ibom (3), Oyo (2), Rivers (2), Delta (1), Plateau (1) and Ondo (1).
Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state’s total confirmed cases to 18,611, followed by Abuja (5,447), Oyo (3,221), Plateau (3,098), Edo (2,610), Kaduna (2,279), Rivers (2,207), Delta (1,791), Ogun (1,739), Kano (1,732), Ondo (1,584), Enugu (1,223), Ebonyi (1,034), Kwara (992), Katsina (840), Abia (828), Osun (804), Gombe (746), Borno (741), and Bauchi (679).
Imo State has recorded 546 cases, Benue (467), Nasarawa (446), Bayelsa (393), Jigawa (322), Ekiti (300), Akwa Ibom (286), Niger (244), Adamawa (231), Anambra (230), Sokoto (159), Taraba (95), Kebbi (93), Cross River (83), Zamfara (78), Yobe (72), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.
