Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise to 100,087 after 1,024 new infections

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,024 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 100,087.

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

“On the 10th of January 2021, 1024 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 100087 cases have been confirmed, 80030 cases have been discharged and 1358 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1024 new cases are reported from 17 states- Lagos (653), Plateau (63), Benue (48), Zamfara (45), FCT (42), Rivers (27), Ondo (26), Adamawa (26), Kaduna (22), Edo (18), Ogun (16), Imo (12), Kano (9), Yobe (6), Ekiti (5), Jigawa (4) and Osun (2).

“Our discharges today includes 253 community recoveries in Lagos 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	36,101	6,858	28,987	256
FCT	13,448	5,563	7,776	109
Kaduna	5,801	326	5,420	55
Plateau	5,774	522	5,206	46
Oyo	4,323	834	3,435	54
Rivers	3,913	479	3,367	67
Edo	3,078	207	2,751	120
Ogun	2,684	297	2,352	35
Kano	2,444	319	2,055	70
Delta	1,982	193	1,737	52
Ondo	1,944	140	1,763	41
Katsina	1,687	73	1,587	27
Kwara	1,495	370	1,094	31
Enugu	1,455	59	1,375	21
Gombe	1,440	278	1,124	38
Ebonyi	1,147	45	1,072	30
Nasarawa	1,091	753	325	13
Abia	1,086	86	989	11
Bauchi	1,082	161	904	17
Osun	1,065	63	978	24
Borno	830	56	738	36
Imo	801	39	746	16
Benue	601	74	512	15
Bayelsa	569	83	465	21
Sokoto	529	168	341	20
Akwa Ibom	512	112	391	9
Adamawa	497	233	238	26
Niger	477	95	369	13
Ekiti	439	29	403	7
Jigawa	419	39	369	11
Anambra	386	49	317	20
Taraba	226	28	191	7
Kebbi	223	23	187	13
Yobe	207	20	179	8
Cross River	169	0	157	12
Zamfara	157	25	127	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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