The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 1,024 new cases of COVID-19 across 16 states and 8 deaths.
According to the agency, 100,087 cases have been confirmed, 80,030 cases have been discharged and 1,358 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. A total of 1.03 million tests have been carried out as of January 10th, 2021 compared to 1.02 million tests a day earlier.
According to the NCDC, the 1,585 new cases were 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).
Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 36,101, followed by Abuja (13,448), Kaduna (5,801), Plateau (5,774), Oyo (4,323), Rivers (3,913), Edo (3,078), Ogun (2,684), Kano (2,444), Delta (1,982), Ondo (1,944), Katsina (1,687), Kwara (1,495), Enugu (1,445), Gombe (1,440), Ebonyi (1,147), Nasarawa (1,091), Abia (1,086), Bauchi (1,082), and Osun (1,065).
