Nigeria Records 15 More Deaths As Total Infections Hit 110,387

Nigeria Records 15 More Deaths As Total Infections Hit 110,387

Nigeria recorded 1,444 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the total number of infections in the country to 110,387.

The announcement was made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The health agency added that 15 more persons had succumbed to the COVID-19 disease.

There are 1,435 deaths while 89,317 cases have been successfully discharged.

Sunday’s new cases were reported 21 states, including Lagos (901), Plateau (136), Kaduna (57), FCT (54), Ebonyi (53), Akwa Ibom (52), Nasarawa (32), Osun (29), Ogun (28), Imo (16), Oyo (16), Edo (15), Kano (14), Rivers (10), Ekiti (7), Borno (6), Abia (5), Benue (4), Yobe (4), Kebbi (3), and Anambra (2).

Nigeria’s number of new cases has skyrocketed in recent weeks, seeing the nation cross the 100,000-mark for total infections.