Nigeria records 131 new COVID-19 cases with 2 deaths

Nigeria has recorded 131 new cases of COVID19 and 2 deaths in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Thursday in a tweet.

According to the tweet, the new cases were recorded in 18 states including the FCT.

The tweet said so far 56,735 cases have been confirmed, out of 482,321 sample tests conducted.

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131 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-45
Kaduna-17
Plateau-17
FCT-16
Delta-6
Niger-6
Kwara-5
Oyo-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Cross River-2
Ekiti-2
Enugu-2
Osun-2
Sokoto-2
Bauchi-1
Ebonyi-1
Katsina-1
Rivers-1

56,735 confirmed
48,092 discharged
1,093 deaths pic.twitter.com/A2XC1CNCrn

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 17, 2020

Solacebase reports that total confirmed cases of COVID-19 stood at 56,735 with 48,092 discharged and 1,093 deaths recorded.