Nigeria Records 670 New COVID Cases, Six Deaths

A medical official performs a throat swab on a resident of Mabushi in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Abuja as part of the community testing for COVID-19… on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV

Nigeria has recorded 670 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths from the virus.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its daily report on January 3.

The 670 new cases were recorded from 11 States – Lagos (277), Kaduna (199), FCT (120), Kwara (20), Abia (14), Rivers (11), Gombe (9), Katsina (9), Bauchi (6), Edo (3) and Cross River (2).

This now brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 244,120. 216,180 cases have been discharged while 3,045 deaths have been recorded from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

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Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	95,445	14,621	80,063	761
FCT	27,347	2,794	24,314	239
Rivers	14,871	676	14,041	154
Kaduna	10,778	278	10,415	85
Plateau	10,198	71	10,054	73
Oyo	10,001	881	8,927	193
Edo	7,538	375	6,880	283
Ogun	5,716	194	5,441	81
Delta	4,991	2,325	2,556	110
Ondo	4,909	264	4,545	100
Kano	4,768	240	4,405	123
Akwa Ibom	4,550	157	4,349	44
Kwara	4,279	506	3,709	64
Osun	3,113	65	2,959	89
Enugu	2,913	19	2,865	29
Gombe	2,845	79	2,706	60
Nasarawa	2,624	240	2,345	39
Anambra	2,492	61	2,412	19
Katsina	2,387	20	2,330	37
Imo	2,310	254	1,999	57
Abia	2,143	48	2,062	33
Benue	2,109	320	1,764	25
Ebonyi	2,062	26	2,004	32
Ekiti	1,928	120	1,780	28
Bauchi	1,882	32	1,826	24
Borno	1,552	8	1,500	44
Bayelsa	1,298	44	1,226	28
Taraba	1,269	15	1,222	32
Adamawa	1,157	27	1,098	32
Niger	1,113	95	998	20
Sokoto	810	0	782	28
Cross River	727	2	700	25
Jigawa	635	15	602	18
Yobe	502	3	490	9
Kebbi	478	8	454	16
Zamfara	375	12	354	9
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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