Covid-19: Plateau, FCT, Lagos Top 250 New Cases

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Plateau State, Federal Capital Territory and Lagos State topped the fresh cases of COVID-19 pandemic announced on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

According to the NCDC, 19 States and the FCT accounted for 250 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria on Saturday.

Plateau moves up from 44 cases on Friday to 69 new infections, while Lagos moved from 27 cases on Friday to 21 cases today.

Lagos has consistently recorded a plunge in coronavirus infections in the last two weeks, an act that made the governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu deciding to open higher institutions, primary and second schools in the state next month.

Lagos has also shutdown four isolation centres for want of patients, with 43 patients currently in the three remaining isolation centres.

The breakdown of the new cased showed FCT recorded 41 cases, Delta-14, Kaduna-14, Bayelsa-13, Enugu-13, Ekiti-11, Bauchi-9, Ogun-8, Edo-7, Oyo-7, Rivers-6, Adamawa-4, Osun-4, Nasarawa-3, Ebonyi-2, Kwara-2, Gombe-1, and Imo-1.

The nation’s confirmed coronavirus infections moved to 53,727 on Saturday with 41,314 survivors discharged and
1,011 deaths.

No new death was reported on Saturday by the health agency.

BREAKDOWN OF 250 CASES OF COVID-19 IN NIGERIA

Plateau-69
FCT-41
Lagos-21
Delta-14
Kaduna-14
Bayelsa-13
Enugu-13
Ekiti-11
Bauchi-9
Ogun-8
Edo-7
Oyo-7
Rivers-6
Adamawa-4
Osun-4
Nasarawa-3
Ebonyi-2
Kwara-2
Gombe-1
Imo-1

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