COVID-19 UPDATE: 1,303 new cases recorded in Nigeria.

1,303 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, January 26.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 478 new cases while the FCT recorded 211 fresh cases. 

Other states with new cases include Nasarawa-83, Rivers-72, Kwara-42, Edo-36, Ondo-34, Benue-32, Kaduna-32, Katsina-26, Plateau-26, Kano-25, Taraba-25, Osun-22, Delta-21, Oyo-21, Niger-19, Sokoto-18, Ebonyi-17, Ekiti-14, Gombe-13, Ogun-12, Bauchi-11, Zamfara-8, Borno-4 and Jigawa-1.

Nigeria now has 124, 299 confirmed cases of the disease. 99, 276 patients have successfully been treated and discharged while 1522 patients have sadly died from the disease.

See a breakdown of the number of cases per states below

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