COVID-19: NCDC confirms 97 new cases, total now 57,242

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 97 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 57,242.

The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday.

“On the 20th of September 2020, 97 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 57242 cases have been confirmed, 48569 cases have been discharged and 1098 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 97 new cases are reported from 12 states- Lagos (46), Kwara (12), Rivers (11), Adamawa (4), Niger (4), Ogun (4), Osun (4), Ekiti (3), Imo (3), Kaduna (3), Plateau (2), FCT (1),” 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	18,943	3,493	15,245	205
FCT	5,551	554	4,921	76
Oyo	3,231	990	2,202	39
Plateau	3,231	850	2,350	31
Edo	2,611	79	2,427	105
Kaduna	2,348	97	2,217	34
Rivers	2,243	40	2,144	59
Delta	1,799	112	1,638	49
Ogun	1,766	19	1,719	28
Kano	1,734	25	1,655	54
Ondo	1,597	47	1,515	35
Enugu	1,234	47	1,166	21
Ebonyi	1,038	1	1,007	30
Kwara	1,025	75	925	25
Abia	881	26	847	8
Katsina	848	367	457	24
Osun	817	24	776	17
Gombe	799	94	680	25
Borno	741	2	703	36
Bauchi	689	17	658	14
Imo	562	333	217	12
Benue	473	50	413	10
Nasarawa	448	110	325	13
Bayelsa	394	3	370	21
Jigawa	322	3	308	11
Ekiti	317	17	294	6
Akwa Ibom	288	12	268	8
Niger	254	10	232	12
Adamawa	234	20	198	16
Anambra	232	29	184	19
Sokoto	161	2	142	17
Taraba	95	16	73	6
Kebbi	93	1	84	8
Cross River	85	2	74	9
Zamfara	78	0	73	5
Yobe	75	8	59	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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