Nigeria records 576 new COVID-19 cases, total now 89,163

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 576 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 89,163.

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

“On the 2nd of January 2021, 576 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 89163 cases have been confirmed, 74789 cases have been discharged and 1302 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 576 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (277), FCT (90), Oyo (51), Nasarawa (49), Sokoto (23), Anambra (14), Bauchi (11), Imo (11), Kano (11), Edo (10), Plateau (10), Ogun (9), Osun (5), Jigawa (3), and Rivers (2).

“Our discharges today include 287 community recoveries in Lagos State and 60 community recoveries in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.,” 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	31,107	4,124	26,736	247
FCT	11,861	4,185	7,574	102
Kaduna	5,328	626	4,649	53
Plateau	4,905	329	4,533	43
Oyo	3,994	541	3,402	51
Rivers	3,555	292	3,199	64
Edo	2,880	87	2,676	117
Ogun	2,533	217	2,282	34
Kano	2,308	310	1,930	68
Delta	1,888	99	1,737	52
Ondo	1,811	32	1,738	41
Katsina	1,636	180	1,429	27
Kwara	1,414	289	1,094	31
Enugu	1,382	13	1,348	21
Gombe	1,338	300	1,001	37
Ebonyi	1,097	-5	1,072	30
Bauchi	1,020	143	860	17
Osun	1,019	34	962	23
Abia	1,000	22	968	10
Nasarawa	848	510	325	13
Borno	796	22	738	36
Imo	766	32	722	12
Benue	532	52	469	11
Bayelsa	519	77	421	21
Akwa Ibom	437	43	385	9
Niger	417	84	320	13
Ekiti	410	9	395	6
Jigawa	406	27	368	11
Adamawa	391	132	238	21
Sokoto	380	114	248	18
Anambra	322	28	274	20
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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