COVID-19: Confirmed Cases Exceed 120,000 As Death Toll Climbs To 1,502

On Saturday, Nigeria recorded 1,633 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total confirmed cases to 120,602.

Five persons reportedly died from the virus and a total of 1,502 since its outbreak in 2020.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 1,024 were discharged on Saturday, and a total of 95,901 have recovered so far.

A break down of COVID-19 cases by States are as follows:

Lagos-498
Plateau-214
FCT-176
Rivers-99
Kaduna-98
Edo-87
Anambra-86
Akwa Ibom-50
Osun-47
Kano-40
Oyo-40
Kwara-39
Ebonyi-28
Niger-28
Taraba-28
Ogun-27
Ondo-21
Ekiti-12
Katsina-7
Borno-6
Delta-2

Total confirmed: 120,602
Total discharged: 95,901
Total deaths: 1,502