Nigeria Reports 19 Deaths, 661 New Coronavirus Cases

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Nigeria has recorded 667 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,808.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Saturday through its official Twitter handle.

NCDC explained that  the 661 new confirmed cases were reported in 14 states, with 19 deaths.

According to NCDC, Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 230 new cases and Rivers was second with 127 new infections.

Others are Delta(83), FCT(60), Oyo(51), Edo(31),Bayelsa(27), Kaduna(25), Plateau(13), Ondo(6), Nasarawa(3), Ekiti(2), Kano(2), Borno(1).

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The NCDC said out of the  19,808 confirmed cases,  12, 584 are active while 6,718 cases have been treated and discharged.

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