Covid-19: Over 1500 New Cases Of Coronavirus Recorded In Nigeria

1585 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday 9 January, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). 

Lagos recorded 573 fresh cases while the FCT recorded 182 new cases and Plateau state also recorded over one hundred fresh cases of coronavirus.

The health agency says Plateau recorded 162, Gombe-81, Oyo-75, Rivers-68, Sokoto-58, Ondo-55, Ogun-42, Nasarawa-40, Akwa Ibom-36, Edo-31, Kaduna-27, Anambra-22, Delta-19, Kano-17, Osun-17, Ebonyi-16, Katsina-14, Niger-14, Bayelsa-9, EKiti-8, Borno-7, Jigawa-5, Abia-4 and Bauchi-3.

Nigeria now has 99, 063 confirmed cases of the viral disease. 79, 417 patients have been discharged so far while 1350 deaths have sadly been recorded.

See a breakdown of the number of cases per states..