The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,444 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country,moving the confirmed cases 110,387.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late on Sunday.
According to the health agency, 15 deaths were also recorded on sunday taking the death toll to 1,435 deaths.
The agency said the 1,444 new cases were recorded from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with Lagos recording the highest with 901 new cases followed by Plateau with 136 cases.
Other states with new cases include, Kaduna- 57, FCT-54, Ebonyi-53, Akwa Ibom-52, Nasarawa-32, Osun-29, Ogun-28, Imo-16, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Kano-14, Rivers-10, Ekiti-7, Borno-6, Abia-5, Benue-4, Yobe-4, Kebbi-3, and Anambra-2.
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The NCDC disclosed that 3,950 patients were discharged from isolation centres across the country after the second test result returned negative moving the total discharged 89,317
It added that the discharge included 717 community recoveries in Lagos State and a backlog of 2,825 community recoveries in FCT managed in line with guidelines.
