The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 587 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17,735.
Announcing via it’s official Twitter handle on Wednesday,the center recorded drop in death to 14 as against Tuesday when 31 death was recorded in a day.
The new cases were reported from 18states with Lagos reporting the highest number of cases with 155 new infections, while Edo was second with 75 new infections.
Other States are: FCT–67, Rivers–65, Oyo–56, Delta–50, Bayelsa–25, Plateau–18, Kaduna–18, Enugu-17, Borno–12, Ogun–12, Ondo–7, Kwara–4, Kano–2, Gombe–2, Sokoto–1 and Kebbi-1.
The NCDC said that till date, 17, 735 cases had been confirmed, 11,229 active cases, 5,967 cases had been treated and discharged, 103,799 samples had been collected, and 469 deaths had been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The NCDC also announced the inclusion of four new laboratories in the COVID-19 Molecular Lab Network noting that currently Nigeria has 38 laboratories in with the capacity to test for COVID-19.
It, however, disclosed that work is in progress in Gombe and Ondo states.
The agency said it has the capacity to test daily for 10,000 persons across the country.
It said it had continued with the stockpiling of medical and testing supplies to states and tertiary health facilities across the country.
