General
Nigeria records 118 new cases of Covid-19
Nigeria has recorded 118 new cases of COVID-19 in nine states and the federal capital territory, Abuja.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC via its official Twitter handle on Monday’s night.
According to the statement credited to the NCDC, Lagos was first on the list of states with 51 new positive samples, while Rivers followed with 26 cases, and Imo recorded the third most cases for Monday with 12 infections.
Meanwhile, no new fatality was confirmed on Monday after nine deaths recorded within the past 72 hours, leaving the current toll at 1,125.
NCDC further revealed that the number of total recoveries has now risen to 56,697 with 86 people discharged on Monday.
The country is gradually inching close to 600,000 tested samples, out of which 61,558 have been confirmed positive, but 3,736 are still active infections.
See post below;
118 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-51
Rivers-26
Imo-12
Osun-8
Plateau-6
FCT-5
Kaduna-4
Ogun-3
Edo-2
Niger-161,558 confirmed
56,697 discharged
1,125 deaths pic.twitter.com/1ASkJHzg8G— NCDC (@NCDCgov) October 19, 2020
-
News23 hours ago
Kastina police foil attack, neutralize suspected bandit
-
News20 hours ago
Kenneth Okonkwo knocks CBN’s forex management amid economic struggles
-
News20 hours ago
Navy nabs 14 criminals in Akwa Ibom
-
News16 hours ago
Goldman Sachs donates $5000 to Tunde Onakoya’s world record fundraiser
-
News20 hours ago
UTME: JAMB calls for calm amid technical glitches
-
Education16 hours ago
Plateau varsity mourns student’s death, suspends exams
-
Entertainment16 hours ago
Burna Boy, Nollywood receive praise from Canadian senate
-
News6 hours ago
GWR: Tunde Onakoya set a new 58-hour record, hits 60 hours