The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1,303 new cases of coronavirus, bring the total number of infection in the country to 124,299.
The NCDC made this known on Tuesday night via its official Twitter handle, where it disclosed that the new cases were recorded in 26 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“On the 26th of January 2021, 1303 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,” NCDC said.
“The 1303 new cases are reported from 26 states- Lagos (478), FCT (211), Nasarawa (83), Rivers (72), Kwara (42), Edo 36), Ondo (34), Benue (32), Kaduna (32), Katsina (26), Plateau (26), Kano (25), Taraba (25), Osun (22), Delta (21), Oyo (21), Niger (19), Sokoto (18), Ebonyi (17), Ekiti (14), Gombe (13), Ogun (12), Bauchi (11), Zamfara (8), Borno (4) and Jigawa (1).
“Till date, 124299 cases have been confirmed, 99276 cases have been discharged and 1522 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
See a breakdown of cases by state below:
https://twitter.com/NCDCgov/status/1354208153307635712?s=20
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