Nigeria records 1,244 new cases of COVID-19, toll now 101,331

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,244 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 101,331.

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

“On the 11th of January 2020, 1244 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 101331 cases have been confirmed, 80491 cases have been discharged and 1361 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1244 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos (774), FCT (125), Plateau (102), Anambra (47), Ondo (46), Rivers (27), Edo (18), Kaduna (16), Ogun (16), Gombe (16), Bauchi (11), Kano (11), Nasarawa (10), Akwa Ibom (7), Sokoto (7), Borno (5), Ekiti (4), and Zamfara (2),” 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	36,875	7,488	29,131	256
FCT	13,573	5,680	7,784	109
Plateau	5,876	521	5,309	46
Kaduna	5,817	327	5,435	55
Oyo	4,323	834	3,435	54
Rivers	3,940	455	3,418	67
Edo	3,096	215	2,761	120
Ogun	2,700	311	2,354	35
Kano	2,455	330	2,055	70
Ondo	1,990	186	1,763	41
Delta	1,982	193	1,737	52
Katsina	1,687	73	1,587	27
Kwara	1,495	370	1,094	31
Gombe	1,456	263	1,152	41
Enugu	1,455	59	1,375	21
Ebonyi	1,147	45	1,072	30
Nasarawa	1,101	763	325	13
Bauchi	1,093	131	945	17
Abia	1,086	86	989	11
Osun	1,065	48	993	24
Borno	835	61	738	36
Imo	801	39	746	16
Benue	601	74	512	15
Bayelsa	569	48	500	21
Sokoto	536	166	350	20
Akwa Ibom	519	119	391	9
Adamawa	497	233	238	26
Niger	477	95	369	13
Ekiti	443	33	403	7
Anambra	433	96	317	20
Jigawa	419	39	369	11
Taraba	226	28	191	7
Kebbi	223	23	187	13
Yobe	207	20	179	8
Cross River	169	0	157	12
Zamfara	159	27	127	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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Nigeria records 1244 new cases of COVID-19, toll now 101,331