Rivers State recorded one new case of COVID-19 yesterday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 2,810 with 2,660 discharged and 59 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.
In total, Nigeria recorded 170 new cases of the virus. Lagos State recorded the highest number of cases with – (106), FCT (25), Oyo (14), Edo (7), Kaduna (7), Ogun (4), Bauchi (2), Benue (2), Kano (1), Osun (1), and Rivers (1).
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 62691 with 58,430 and 1,144 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.
