Nigeria Records 187 New Infections, 9 Fatalities

Nigeria continues to record a decline in its COVID-19 cases as the Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 187 new infections on Wednesday.

NCDC reports that the new cases were recorded in 18 states of the federation.

A State-by-State breakdown of the fresh cases reveals the following; Lagos-42, Taraba-29, Edo-17, Abia-13, Rivers-11, Kaduna-10, Katsina-9, Oyo-9, Kwara-7, Plateau-7, Ondo-5, Bayelsa-4, Cross River-4, Ogun-4, Osun-4, Akwa Ibom-3, Borno-3 and Nasarawa-3.

The Centre for Disease Control further disclosed that 9 persons died from complications resulting from the virus while 328 persons recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres across the country.

Currently, Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases stand at 89,163161,261; 146,395 recoveries and 2,027 deaths.

187 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-42
Taraba-29
Edo-17
Abia-13
Rivers-11
Kaduna-10
Katsina-9
Oyo-9
Kwara-7
Plateau-7
Ondo-5
Bayelsa-4
Cross River-4
Ogun-4
Osun-4
Akwa Ibom-3
Borno-3
Nasarawa-3

161,261 confirmed
146,395 discharged
2,027 deaths pic.twitter.com/WMn2YKZBCK

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 17, 2021