Nigeria records 708 new COVID-19 infections, total now 157,671

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 708 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 157,671.

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

“On the 4th of March 2021, 708 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 157671 cases have been confirmed, 136335 cases have been discharged and 1951 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 709 new cases are reported from 21 states- Adamawa (180), Lagos (141), Ondo (60), Anambra (54), Rivers (41), Taraba (33), Edo (30), Abia (22), Kaduna (22), FCT (21), Akwa Ibom (20), Kano (20), Plateau (11), Ekiti (10), Kebbi (10), Nasarawa (10), Bayelsa (7), Ogun (5), Osun (5), Oyo (5), and Gombe (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	56,273	1,552	54,307	414
FCT	19,313	7,244	11,919	150
Plateau	8,939	99	8,783	57
Kaduna	8,610	173	8,374	63
Oyo	6,757	862	5,781	114
Rivers	6,597	247	6,253	97
Edo	4,641	315	4,151	175
Ogun	4,416	552	3,817	47
Kano	3,810	190	3,516	104
Ondo	3,066	928	2,080	58
Kwara	2,931	579	2,301	51
Delta	2,582	773	1,744	65
Osun	2,444	284	2,108	52
Nasarawa	2,247	1,861	373	13
Enugu	2,078	184	1,865	29
Katsina	2,060	1	2,025	34
Gombe	2,010	15	1,952	43
Ebonyi	1,928	350	1,547	31
Anambra	1,780	170	1,591	19
Akwa Ibom	1,572	572	986	14
Abia	1,555	46	1,488	21
Imo	1,528	93	1,407	28
Borno	1,297	195	1,064	38
Bauchi	1,232	19	1,196	17
Benue	1,188	575	591	22
Adamawa	942	641	270	31
Niger	917	483	417	17
Taraba	846	82	742	22
Ekiti	823	102	711	10
Bayelsa	779	13	740	26
Sokoto	769	0	741	28
Jigawa	496	56	429	11
Kebbi	398	61	323	14
Cross River	334	43	274	17
Yobe	288	28	251	9
Zamfara	220	-3	215	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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Nigeria records 708 new COVID-19 infections, total now 157,671

Adeoye Faith