COVID-19: Nigeria records 111 new cases, discharges 149 patients

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, reports there are 111 new Covid-19 cases reported in 12 states bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 57,724.

The new Covid-19 infections are recorded in Lagos-31; Gombe and Kaduna-18 each; FCT-15; Rivers-14; Imo, Kwara, and Oyo-3 each; Bayelsa and Ogun-2 each; Edo and Osun-1 each.

Nigeria records two Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours with the national death toll put at 1,102.

The NCDC, however, disclosed that 149 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the infection across Nigeria in the last 24 hours with the total number of successfully treated cases now 48,985.

Refer to the NCDC’s original tweet:

111 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-31
Gombe-18
Kaduna-18
FCT-15
Rivers-14
Imo-3
Kwara-3
Oyo-3
Bayelsa-2
Ogun-2
Edo-1
Osun-1

57,724 confirmed
48,985 discharged
1,102 deaths pic.twitter.com/LFW69Zb0vR

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 23, 2020