Nigeria records 147 new COVID-19 cases, total now 62,371

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, announced that the country has recorded 113 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 62,224.

The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday night.

“On the 28th of October 2020, 147 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 62371 cases have been confirmed, 58095 cases have been discharged and 1139 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 147 new cases are reported from 12 states- Lagos (82), FCT (20), Rivers (9), Kaduna (8), Plateau (8), Benue (5), Edo (3), Kano (3), Nasarawa (3), Taraba (3), Ogun (2), Bauchi (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	21,017	662	20,145	210
FCT	6,028	606	5,341	81
Plateau	3,622	221	3,368	33
Oyo	3,433	813	2,577	43
Rivers	2,790	83	2,648	59
Edo	2,657	26	2,522	109
Kaduna	2,633	77	2,513	43
Ogun	2,016	85	1,901	30
Delta	1,813	27	1,737	49
Kano	1,746	8	1,684	54
Ondo	1,666	44	1,585	37
Enugu	1,314	24	1,269	21
Kwara	1,069	24	1,019	26
Ebonyi	1,049	8	1,011	30
Katsina	952	0	928	24
Osun	923	4	899	20
Abia	898	18	872	8
Gombe	883	111	747	25
Borno	745	4	705	36
Bauchi	711	1	696	14
Imo	616	24	580	12
Benue	491	45	435	11
Nasarawa	482	144	325	13
Bayelsa	403	1	381	21
Ekiti	332	6	320	6
Jigawa	325	6	308	11
Akwa Ibom	295	0	287	8
Anambra	277	10	248	19
Niger	274	3	259	12
Adamawa	257	9	229	19
Sokoto	165	1	147	17
Taraba	143	30	107	6
Kebbi	93	1	84	8
Cross River	87	4	74	9
Yobe	82	6	68	8
Zamfara	79	1	73	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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