Nigeria records 1,633 new COVID-19 infections, total now 120,602

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,633 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 120,602.

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

“On the 23rd of January 2021, 1633 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 120602 cases have been confirmed, 95901 cases have been discharged and 1502 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1633 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (498), Plateau (214), FCT (176), Rivers (99), Kaduna (98), Edo (87), Anambra (86), Akwa Ibom (50), Osun (47), Kano (40), Oyo (40), Kwara (39), Ebonyi (28), Niger (28), Taraba (28), Ogun (27), Ondo (21), Ekiti (12), Katsina (7), Borno (6) and Delta (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	44,580	9,265	35,030	285
FCT	15,682	4,631	10,932	119
Plateau	7,465	820	6,592	53
Kaduna	7,274	1,039	6,179	56
Oyo	4,996	823	4,101	72
Rivers	4,844	870	3,896	78
Edo	3,548	495	2,920	133
Ogun	3,133	488	2,606	39
Kano	2,770	343	2,354	73
Delta	2,223	434	1,737	52
Ondo	2,188	142	2,000	46
Kwara	1,793	331	1,424	38
Katsina	1,730	33	1,670	27
Enugu	1,644	248	1,375	21
Gombe	1,567	188	1,337	42
Nasarawa	1,490	1,152	325	13
Osun	1,395	302	1,066	27
Ebonyi	1,330	228	1,072	30
Abia	1,162	81	1,069	12
Bauchi	1,120	40	1,063	17
Imo	917	124	776	17
Borno	880	70	774	36
Akwa Ibom	775	301	464	10
Anambra	720	366	334	20
Benue	694	163	513	18
Sokoto	689	87	576	26
Bayelsa	655	81	550	24
Niger	617	186	417	14
Adamawa	608	344	238	26
Ekiti	507	65	434	8
Jigawa	441	42	388	11
Taraba	324	79	233	12
Kebbi	267	51	203	13
Yobe	211	6	197	8
Zamfara	179	14	160	5
Cross River	179	1	166	12
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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