About 111 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Nigeria in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60, 103.
Nigeria also recorded two COVID-19 related deaths on Saturday, the first time in the last six days, to take the fatality toll to 1,115.
This is according to an update by the country’s infectious disease centre, the NCDC.
The new COVID-19 cases, according to the NCDC, were found in the following 11 states- Plateau (32), Lagos (23), FCT (15), Osun (11), Ogun (9), Oyo (6), Imo (4), Bauchi (3), Kaduna (3), Yobe (3), Rivers (2).
Plateau had the highest daily figure on Saturday with 32 new infections followed by Lagos, Nigeria’s coronavirus hub with 23 new cases.
Lagos is the hardest hit city with almost 20, 000 infections and 204 deaths.
Abuja, Nigeria’s capital is the second most impacted with a total of nearly 6, 000 cases and 79 deaths.
The latest update came a few weeks after the NCDC warned that there is likely to be an even more devastating second wave of coronavirus in states such as Adamawa due to the non-compliance to COVID-19 health guidelines.
The health agency said it is only when more persons are tested that the spread of this deadly disease can be addressed and tamed.
