NCDC Reports 864 New Cases Of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 864 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the new cases were reported in a post on the disease control agency’s Twitter handle on Thursday night, January 28, 2021.

The newly reported cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 127,024 which includes 100,853 discharged cases and 1,547 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) having the highest number of cases followed by Anambra State.

FCT-129 Anambra-87 Rivers-82 Benue-80 Oyo-76 Plateau-61 Kaduna-54 Delta-51 Nasarawa-38 Kwara-36 Edo-32 Katsina-26 Kano-24 Taraba-18 Ogun-14 Sokoto-11 Gombe-10 Jigawa-7 Akwa Ibom-6 Cross River-6 Zamfara-5 Bauchi-5 Osun-4 Ekiti-2

864 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-129
Anambra-87
Rivers-82
Benue-80
Oyo-76
Plateau-61
Kaduna-54
Delta-51
Nasarawa-38
Kwara-36
Edo-32
Katsina-26
Kano-24
Taraba-18
Ogun-14
Sokoto-11
Gombe-10
Jigawa-7
Akwa Ibom-6
Cross River-6
Zamfara-5
Bauchi-5
Osun-4
Ekiti-2 pic.twitter.com/IkfwhZSiO2

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 28, 2021

source https://www.naijanews.com/2021/01/29/ncdc-reports-864-new-cases-of-covid-19/