The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday confirmed 587 new COVID – 19 infections in the country, pushing the total number of confirmed cases nationwide to 17,735 from the 103,799 samples tested.
14 deaths were also recorded, bringing the number of fatalities till date to 469, while 5,967 cases have been discharged, leaving 11,299 active.
50 new infections were recorded in Delta, bringing the total to 367, out of which 255 are active, 95 discharged and 17 have died.
Besides Delta, the new cases came from 17 other states with Lagos having (155), Edo (75), FCT (67), Rivers (65), Oyo (56), Bayelsa (25), Plateau (18), Kaduna (18), Enugu (17), Borno (12), Ogun (12), Ondo (7), Kwara (4), Kano (2), Gombe (2), Sokoto (1), Kebbi (1)
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