The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 877 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 150,246.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.
Nigeria also recorded 16 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,803.
“877 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-273 Kaduna-87 Rivers-58 Akwa Ibom-47 Ebonyi-47 Edo-46 Ogun-46 Abia-34 Imo-34 Kano-34 Oyo-26 Osun-22 Gombe-20 Ekiti-19 Cross River-15 FCT-15 Plateau-11 Enugu-9 Kebbi-8 Borno-7 Niger-6 Bayelsa-5 Nasarawa-4 Kwara-2 Katsina-1 Sokoto-1.”
877 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-273
Kaduna-87
Rivers-58
Akwa Ibom-47
Ebonyi-47
Edo-46
Ogun-46
Abia-34
Imo-34
Kano-34
Oyo-26
Osun-22
Gombe-20
Ekiti-19
Cross River-15
FCT-15
Plateau-11
Enugu-9
Kebbi-8
Borno-7
Niger-6
Bayelsa-5
Nasarawa-4
Kwara-2
Katsina-1
Sokoto-1 pic.twitter.com/XD6pkT8F2H
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 19, 2021
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