Covid-19: Lagos has 378 as Nigeria records highest cases in a day as, NCDC confirmes

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has on Saturday evening confirmed that the country has now recorded 553 new cases

The NCDC confirmed this through a post on its twitter page, @NCDCgov yesterday.

This is the highest number of COVID-19 recorded in a single day in Nigeria since the outbreak of the virus in February.

Lagos, the most hit State by the coronavirus pandemic, recorded 378 new cases, while FCT had 52.

Total confirmed cases in Nigeria now stands at 9,855. Meanwhile, 2,856 patients have been discharged while 273 have lost their lives to the virus.

Full list of States with newly discovered cases;

Lagos-378

FCT-52

Delta-23

Edo-22

Rivers-14

Ogun-13

Kaduna-12

Kano-9

Borno-7

Katsina-6

Jigawa-5

Oyo-5

Yobe-3

Plateau-3

Osun-1.