Rivers State recorded no new case of the COVID-19 yesterday. The total number of confirmed cases in the state still stands at 2048 with 1,882 discharged and 57 deaths.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its Twitter handle, during its daily update of the COVID-19 in the country yesterday.
Nigeria recorded 601 new cases of the virus. Lagos recorded the highest number of cases with – 404; FCT-37; Oyo-19; Ondo-14; Abia-13; Enugu-13; Kaduna-13; Edo-12; Kano-12; Kwara-11; Ebonyi-10; Nasarawa-7; Ogun-6; Osun-5; Delta-5; Niger-5; Plateau-4; Bayelsa-4; Katsina-3; Ekiti-2; and Imo-2.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 51,905 with 38,767 discharged 997 and deaths.
Meanwhile, the NCDC has warned Nigerians to continue practicing good respiratory hygiene so as to stop the further spread of the pandemic, which currently has no cure.
