Nigeria yesterday, recorded 745 new cases in 20 states and the federal capital territory (FCT), bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 18, 480.
This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease (NCDC) in its update for Thursday.
Of this number, 6,307 have been discharged while 475 deaths have been recorded.
The 745 new cases were distributed as follows: Lagos-280, Oyo-103, Ebonyi-72, FCT-60, Imo-46, Edo-34, Delta-33, Rivers-25, Kaduna-23, Ondo-16, Katsina-12, Kano-10, Bauchi-8, Borno-7, Kwara-5, Gombe-4, Sokoto-2, Enugu-2, Yobe-1, Osun-1, Nasarawa-1.
