COVID-19 Updates: NCDC Confirms 152 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

COVID-19 Updates: NCDC Confirms 152 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria...

Iexclusive News Nigeria reports that The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday evening, 17th November 2020, confirmed 152 new cases of covid-19 disease infection in Nigeria.

The new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed by a statement made via the official Twitter handle of the health agency.

The development brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 65,457 which includes 61,337 discharged cases and 1,163 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Lagos State recording the highest number of new confirmed cases, followed by Oyo and FCT.

152 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-61
Oyo-39
FCT-13
Yobe-10
Bauchi-6
Kaduna-5
Kano-4
Kwara-4
Plateau-4
Edo-2
Ogun-2
Rivers-2

65,457- confirmed
61,337- discharged
1,163- deaths.

For a breakdown of cases by state visit: https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/Qj8av2dtEh

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 17, 2020