COVID-19: NCDC confirms 1,585 new cases, total now 99,063

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,585 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 99,063.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday.

“On the 9th of January 2020, 1585 new cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 99063 cases have been confirmed, 79417 cases have been discharged and 1350 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1585 new cases are reported from 26 states- Lagos (573), FCT (182), Plateau (162), Gombe (81), Oyo (75), Rivers (68), Sokoto (58), Ondo (55), Ogun (42), Nasarawa (40), Akwa Ibom (36), Edo (31), Kaduna (27), Anambra (22), Delta (19), Kano (17), Osun (17), Ebonyi (16), Katsina (14), Niger (14), Bayelsa (9), Ekiti (8), Borno (7), Jigawa (5), Abia (4), and Bauchi (3).

“Our discharges today include 419 community recoveries in Lagos State, 123 community recoveries in Gombe State and 117 community recoveries in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines,” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	35,448	6,458	28,734	256
FCT	13,406	5,540	7,759	107
Kaduna	5,779	364	5,360	55
Plateau	5,711	498	5,167	46
Oyo	4,323	834	3,435	54
Rivers	3,886	501	3,318	67
Edo	3,060	198	2,743	119
Ogun	2,668	283	2,350	35
Kano	2,435	328	2,037	70
Delta	1,982	193	1,737	52
Ondo	1,918	114	1,763	41
Katsina	1,687	73	1,587	27
Kwara	1,495	370	1,094	31
Enugu	1,455	59	1,375	21
Gombe	1,440	278	1,124	38
Ebonyi	1,147	45	1,072	30
Nasarawa	1,091	753	325	13
Abia	1,086	86	989	11
Bauchi	1,082	161	904	17
Osun	1,063	66	973	24
Borno	830	56	738	36
Imo	789	30	743	16
Bayelsa	569	83	465	21
Benue	553	73	469	11
Sokoto	529	202	307	20
Akwa Ibom	512	112	391	9
Niger	477	95	369	13
Adamawa	471	208	238	25
Ekiti	434	24	403	7
Jigawa	415	35	369	11
Anambra	386	49	317	20
Taraba	226	28	191	7
Kebbi	223	25	185	13
Yobe	201	49	144	8
Cross River	169	0	157	12
Zamfara	112	25	82	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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