Nigeria records 1,368 New Cases of COVID-19

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Nigeria records 1,368 New Cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday evening, 16th February 2021, confirmed 1,368 new cases of Coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

The new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the national health agency.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 148,296 which includes 124,483 discharged cases and 1,777 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Anambra State having the highest number of cases followed by Oyo State?

Anambra-344

Oyo-172

FCT-148

Benue-107

Rivers-95

Ogun-59

Ondo-56

Ebonyi-53

Kaduna-52

Plateau-46

Kwara-36

Enugu-30

Akwa Ibom-26

Osun-22

Edo-20

Abia-17

Kano-16

Borno-15

Cross River-10

Delta-8

Gombe-8

Imo-7

Ekiti-5

Sokoto-4

Jigawa-3

Bayelsa-3

Nasarawa-3

Zamfara-3