Nigeria Records 571 Fresh Infections, 12 Deaths

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 571 new cases of novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 153, 187 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Tuesday.

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Lagos State lead the way with a whopping 170 followed by Ogun state and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 65 and 45 fresh cases respectively from the 571 new cases added on Tuesday.

As at 22:43 on Tuesday, Nigeria had recorded 129,943 recoveries and a total of 1,874 dead cases so far.

571 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-170
Ogun-65
FCT-45
Kwara-34
Abia-32
Enugu-32
Kano-25
Oyo-22
Ondo-21
Rivers-19
Kaduna-19
Benue-18
Bayelsa-12
Kebbi-12
Nasarawa-11
Akwa Ibom-9
Delta-8
Ekiti-6
Niger-5
Bauchi-3
Imo-3

153,187 confirmed
129,943 discharged
1,874 deaths pic.twitter.com/9Rfi3fdT2s

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 23, 2021