Nigeria Records 23 Deaths, 542 Fresh Infections

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 542 new cases of novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 152, 616 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Monday.

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Lagos State lead the way with a whopping 99 followed by Kwara, Ebonyi and Ogun states with 91, 48 and 44 cases respectively from the 542 new cases added on Monday.

As at 23:01 on Monday, Nigeria had recorded 129,300 recoveries and a total of 1,862 dead cases so far.

542 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-99
Kwara-91
Ebonyi-48
Ogun-44
Kaduna-42
Oyo-33
Ondo-25
FCT-24
Kebbi-23
Osun-20
Ekiti-17
Nasarawa-12
Imo-11
Delta-10
Gombe-9
Kano-8
Katsina-7
Rivers-7
Edo-5
Plateau-4
Bauchi-3

152,616 confirmed
129,300 discharged
1,862 deaths pic.twitter.com/0fmdxwEWtU

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 22, 2021