The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said on Wednesday that 216 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported across the country.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 54,463.
Also, the number of those who have died from COVID-19 in Nigeria increased by four, raising the death toll from the disease to 1,027.
On the positive side, the 429 more patients recovered from the disease raising the number of recoveries in the country to 42,439.
In a tweet on Wednesday night, the NCDC disclosed that the new infections were recorded in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Of the new cases, Plateau has the highest number – 59, followed by Rivers, Abia, and Lagos which have 27, 22, and 20 more infections respectively.
Others are Oyo – 18, Enugu – 17, Kaduna – 11, FCT – 11, Ogun – 10, Ebonyi – 4, Osun – 4, Ekiti – 4, Delta – 3, Edo – 3, Akwa Ibom – 2, and Bauchi – 1.
