Tobias Sylvester
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,444 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 110,387.
The NCDC made this known on Sunday night via its official Twitter handle, where it disclosed that the new cases were recorded in 21 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Lagos State still hold the ace for the most number of cases, recording 901 new cases followed by Plateau State with 136 cases.
Other states with new cases includes Kaduna-57, FCT-54, Ebonyi-53, Akwa Ibom-52, Nasarawa-32, Osun-29, Ogun-28, Imo-16, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Kano-14, Rivers-10, Ekiti-7, Borno-6, Abia-5, Benue-4, Yobe-4, Kebbi-3, Anambra-2.
Out of a total of 110,387 cases now confirmed across the 36 states and the FCT, 1,435 deaths and 89,317 recoveries have been recorded.
See the breakdown of cases by state below:
Our discharges today include 717 community recoveries in Lagos State and a backlog of 2,825 community recoveries in FCT managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/D2GUNkBd0v
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 17, 2021
