COVID-19: FCT Leads As Nigeria Records 1340 New Cases

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded 320 new infections on Thursday, putting it ahead of the 36 states as the country confirmed a total of 1,340 new cases in 22 states.

The new record takes the nation’s total to 136,030.

Also, 1792 got discharged on Thursday and a total of 110,449 recovered so far.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, 14 persons died of the virus and a total of 1,632 in over 11 months.

A break down of COVID-19 cases by state is as follows:

FCT-320
Lagos-275
Rivers-117
Oyo-100
Akwa Ibom-57
Ogun-51
Ebonyi-48
Benue-44
Adamawa-42
Imo-38
Kwara-35
Gombe-32
Kaduna-31
Edo-29
Osun-29
Kano-24
Ekiti-15
Katsina-14
Delta-13
Nasarawa-13
Jigawa-10
Sokoto-3

Total confirmed: 136,030
Total discharged: 110,449
Total deaths: 1,632