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Nigeria records 1,031 new COVID-19 cases as total rises to 87,510

Adeoye Faith
January 1, 2021
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,031 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 87,510.

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

“On the 31st of December 2020, 1031 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 87510 cases have been confirmed, 73713 cases have been discharged and 1289 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1031 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos (570), FCT (117), Kaduna (109), Nasarawa (34), Bauchi (31), Kano (28), Plateau (26), Sokoto (26), Ogun (25), Edo (18), Rivers (16), Abia (10), Imo (7), Taraba (6), Delta (4) and Osun (4),” 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 30,188 3,800 26,141 247
FCT 11,705 4,043 7,560 102
Kaduna 5,236 589 4,594 53
Plateau 4,875 399 4,433 43
Oyo 3,939 514 3,379 46
Rivers 3,475 231 3,180 64
Edo 2,870 84 2,669 117
Ogun 2,493 184 2,275 34
Kano 2,262 292 1,905 65
Delta 1,883 94 1,737 52
Ondo 1,811 32 1,738 41
Katsina 1,614 314 1,273 27
Kwara 1,414 289 1,094 31
Enugu 1,382 13 1,348 21
Gombe 1,272 283 956 33
Ebonyi 1,097 -5 1,072 30
Abia 1,015 37 968 10
Osun 1,012 31 958 23
Bauchi 1,009 135 857 17
Borno 806 32 738 36
Nasarawa 799 461 325 13
Imo 755 21 722 12
Bayelsa 534 92 421 21
Benue 532 52 469 11
Akwa Ibom 437 48 380 9
Niger 413 80 320 13
Ekiti 410 9 395 6
Jigawa 403 34 358 11
Adamawa 391 132 238 21
Sokoto 357 99 240 18
Anambra 312 19 274 19
Taraba 217 23 187 7
Yobe 187 56 123 8
Kebbi 173 20 144 9
Cross River 169 0 157 12
Zamfara 112 25 82 5
Kogi 5 0 3 2

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