Tobias Sylvester
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,479 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 105,478.
The NCDC made this known on Thursday night via its official Twitter handle, where it disclosed that the new cases were recorded in 25 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“On the 14th of January 2021, 1479 new confirmed cases and 23 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,” the NCDC said.
“The 1479 new cases are reported from 25 states – Lagos (697), FCT (201), Nasarawa (80), Plateau (74), Rivers (62), Edo (46), Adamawa (43), Osun (39), Akwa Ibom (35), Delta (31), Anambra (27), Oyo (24), Kano (21), Abia (19), Enugu (19), Ogun (18), Sokoto (12), Bauchi (7), Taraba (7), Ekiti (4), Gombe (4), Imo (4), Bayelsa (2), Jigawa (2), and Zamfara (1).
“Till date, 105478 cases have been confirmed, 83830 cases have been discharged and 1405 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
See the breakdown of cases by state below;
Our discharges today include 642 community recoveries in Lagos State, 312 in Oyo State and 99 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/PW5itWoS60
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 14, 2021
