Nigeria Records 226 New COVID-19 Cases,  Total Confirmed  Cases Now 6,401

Nigeria on Tuesday reported 226 new coronavirus cases as death toll from the virusBxn inched closer to 200. One person was confirmed dead from the virus on Tuesday.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ,NCDC, with Tuesday’s figure, the total of infected persons in the country rose to 6,401.

In a tweet Tuesday night NCDC disclosed the new cases were reported in 16 states.

“Till date, 6401 cases have been confirmed, 1734 cases have been discharged and 192 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, the health agency said.

The 226 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos – 131, Ogun – 25, Plateau – 15, Edo – 11, Kaduna – 7, Oyo – 6, FCT – 5, Adamawa – 5, Jigawa – 4, Ebonyi – 4, Borno – 4, Nasarawa – 3, Bauchi – 2, Gombe – 2, Enugu – 1 and Bayelsa – 1.

NCDC said so far  36, 899 persons have been tested  since the beginning of the pandemic.

A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that 4,475 cases are still active, 1,734 have recovered and have been discharged, and 192 deaths have been reported.thank

A breakdown of the 6,401 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 2, 755 cases, followed by Kano – 824, FCT – 427, Katsina – 281, Bauchi – 224, Borno – 227, Jigawa – 205, Ogun – 178, Kaduna – 152, Oyo – 143, Gombe – 136, Sokoto – 113, Edo – 119, Zamfara – 84, Kwara – 65, Rivers – 53, Plateau – 50, Osun – 42, Nasarawa – 34, Yobe – 32, Kebbi – 32, Delta – 27, Adamawa – 26, Niger – 22, Ondo – 20, Ekiti – 19,Akwa Ibom – 18, Taraba – 17, Enugu – 16, Ebonyi – 13, Imo – 7, Bayelsa – 7, Benue – 5, Anambra – 5 and Abia – 5.