Nigeria records 113 new COVID-19 cases, total now 62,224

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, announced that the country has recorded 113 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 62,224.

The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday night.

“On the 27th of October 2020, 113 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 62224 cases have been confirmed, 57916 cases have been discharged and 1135 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 113 new cases are reported from 12 states- Lagos (51), FCT (15), Plateau (11), Kaduna (8), Oyo (8), Rivers (8), Ogun (4), Edo (2), Imo (2), Kwara (2), Delta (1), Kano (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 20,935 698 20,029 208

FCT 6,008 586 5,341 81

Plateau 3,614 249 3,332 33

Oyo 3,433 814 2,577 42

Rivers 2,781 74 2,648 59

Edo 2,654 24 2,522 108

Kaduna 2,625 70 2,512 43

Ogun 2,014 94 1,890 30

Delta 1,813 27 1,737 49

Kano 1,743 7 1,682 54

Ondo 1,666 44 1,585 37

Enugu 1,314 24 1,269 21

Kwara 1,069 24 1,019 26

Ebonyi 1,049 8 1,011 30

Katsina 952 0 928 24

Osun 923 11 892 20

Abia 898 18 872 8

Gombe 883 111 747 25

Borno 745 4 705 36

Bauchi 710 0 696 14

Imo 616 24 580 12

Benue 486 40 435 11

Nasarawa 479 141 325 13

Bayelsa 403 1 381 21

Ekiti 332 6 320 6

Jigawa 325 6 308 11

Akwa Ibom 295 0 287 8

Anambra 277 10 248 19

Niger 274 3 259 12

Adamawa 257 9 229 19

Sokoto 165 3 145 17

Taraba 140 31 103 6

Kebbi 93 1 84 8

Cross River 87 4 74 9

Yobe 82 6 68 8

Zamfara 79 1 73 5

Kogi 5 0 3 2

113 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-51

FCT-15

Plateau-11

Kaduna-8

Oyo-8

Rivers-8

Ogun-4

Edo-2

Imo-2

Kwara-2

Delta-1

Kano-1

62,224 confirmed

57,916 discharged

1,135 deaths 

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