For the first Gombe State took over the top chart from the usual occupier in the number of new cases of COVID-reported in Nigeria, as the country’s total infections surpassed 16,000.
According to the report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Gombe State logged in 73 cases on Sunday.
NCDC in a late-night tweet on its official handle on Sunday, said that the country added 403 new cases of the virus.
By the report, Lagos State trails Gombe in reported cases for the day with 68 new infections, followed by Kano State where 46 more people got the virus.
Other states with new COVID-19 cases are: Edo (36); FCT (35); Nasarawa (31); Kaduna (17); Oyo (16); Abia (15) and Delta (13).
A further breakdown of the latest figures from the Federal Government agency showed that they were new cases of the disease in the following states: Borno (13); Plateau (8); Niger (7); Rivers (7); Enugu (6); Ogun (6); Kebbi (3); Ondo (1); Anambra (1) and Imo (1).
403 new cases of #COVID19
Gombe-73
Lagos-68
Kano-46
Edo-36
FCT-35
Nasarawa-31
Kaduna-17
Oyo-16
Abia-15
Delta-13
Borno-13
Plateau-8
Niger-7
Rivers-7
Enugu-6
Ogun-6
Kebbi-3
Ondo-1
Anambra-1
Imo-1
16,085 confirmed
5,220 discharged
420 deaths
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The latest figures bring the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the West African country to 16,085 with 5,220 discharged.
Of the number of persons infected, 420 have died, according to the NCDC.
Global Outlook
In a tally from official sources compiled by AFP, 431,193 people, globally, have died from the virus as at 1900 GMT on Sunday.
Not less than 7,848,160 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 3,534,200 are considered recovered.
The figures, using data taken by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.
