Nigeria records 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, total now 94,369

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,664 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 94,369.

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

“On the 6th of January 2021, 1664 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 94369 cases have been confirmed, 77299 cases have been discharged and 1324 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1664 new cases are reported from 23 states- Lagos (642), FCT (407), Plateau (160), Kaduna (83), Rivers (62), Adamawa (47), Nasarawa (38), Abia (29), Edo (28), Anambra (27), Niger (24), Ogun (24), Imo (15), Oyo (14), Kano (12), Osun (12), Borno (9), Delta (7), Enugu (7), Bauchi (5), Ekiti (5), Sokoto (5) and Jigawa (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	33,329	5,354	27,725	250
FCT	12,835	4,993	7,738	104
Kaduna	5,638	397	5,187	54
Plateau	5,334	470	4,819	45
Oyo	4,100	625	3,423	52
Rivers	3,701	344	3,293	64
Edo	2,966	137	2,712	117
Ogun	2,588	234	2,320	34
Kano	2,379	306	2,005	68
Delta	1,918	129	1,737	52
Ondo	1,843	39	1,763	41
Katsina	1,636	180	1,429	27
Kwara	1,495	370	1,094	31
Enugu	1,427	43	1,363	21
Gombe	1,359	321	1,001	37
Ebonyi	1,120	18	1,072	30
Abia	1,065	68	986	11
Bauchi	1,057	166	874	17
Osun	1,034	39	971	24
Nasarawa	961	623	325	13
Borno	817	43	738	36
Imo	784	25	743	16
Bayelsa	545	69	455	21
Benue	537	57	469	11
Adamawa	471	208	238	25
Akwa Ibom	465	66	390	9
Niger	441	81	347	13
Sokoto	425	107	298	20
Ekiti	422	13	403	6
Jigawa	409	30	368	11
Anambra	364	70	274	20
Taraba	225	28	190	7
Yobe	201	49	144	8
Kebbi	192	19	163	10
Cross River	169	0	157	12
Zamfara	112	25	82	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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