COVID-19 Cases In Lagos Drop To 17, Lowest In Months

Lagos State, which has remained the epicentre of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria has reported its lowest number of new cases since the early days of the outbreak with only 17 cases.

And for the second day, Plateau State on Wednesday reported more new cases than any other state with 60 cases.

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 221 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest since May 28, when 182 cases of the Coronavirus disease were reported.

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Nigeria now has 53,021 confirmed cases of the disease, a total of 40,281 discharged patients and 1,010 reported deaths.

33 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 26 in Kaduna State, 18 in Rivers State, and nine each in Enugu, Kwara and Ondo states.

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There six cases in Nasarawa State, five each in Gombe and Anambra states, four each in Delta and Abia states, three in Imo State.

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Edo, Ogun, Oyo and Osun states all had two cases each, while Bauchi and Kano states each had one new case of COVID-19.