Nigeria on Saturday crossed 60,000 COVID-19 cases after
the country recorded 111 fresh
infections.
This was disclosed in the daily stats released by the Nigeria
Center for Disease Control (NCDC).
According to the NCDC, the new cases were recorded in 11 states
with Plateau having the highest figure of 32 cases.
Other states were Lagos with 23, the FCT with 15, Osun with 11,
Ogun with nine, Oyo with six, Imo with four, Bauchi, Kaduna and
Yobe with three each, and Rivers with two.
With the new infections, Nigeria now has a total caseload of
60,103. Of that figure, however, 51,711 have recovered while 1,115
have, unfortunately, died.
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Lagos State has remained the epicenter of the virus with nearly
20,000 cases.
111 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Plateau-32 Lagos-23 FCT-15 Osun-11 Ogun-9 Oyo-6 Imo-4 Bauchi-3
Kaduna-3 Yobe-3 Rivers-260,103 confirmed 51,711 discharged 1,115 deaths
pic.twitter.com/YXwV1RNUSy— NCDC (@NCDCgov) October 10, 2020
Since the virus emerged in China late last year, the virus has
killed more than one million worldwide, infected more than 36
million, and forced millions more out of work as the pandemic
batters the global economy.
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