Tobias Sylvester
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,244 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 101,331.
The NCDC made this known on Monday night via its official Twitter handle, where it disclosed that the new cases were recorded in 18 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“On the 11th of January 2020, 1244 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,” NCDC said.
“The 1244 new cases are reported from 18 states – Lagos (774), FCT (125), Plateau (102), Anambra (47), Ondo (46), Rivers (27), Edo (18), Kaduna (16), Ogun (16), Gombe (16), Bauchi (11), Kano (11), Nasarawa (10), Akwa Ibom (7), Sokoto (7), Borno (5), Ekiti (4), and Zamfara (2).
“Till date, 101331 cases have been confirmed, 80491 cases have been discharged and 1361 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
See a breakdown of cases by state below:
Our discharges today includes 144 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/bjiVyareZQ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 11, 2021
