1301 New Cases Of COVID19 Recorded In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control says 1,301 new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, January 19.

According to the health agency, Lagos recorded 551 while the FCT recorded 209 fresh cases.

Other states with new cases include Oyo-83, Plateau-65, Kaduna-64, Enugu-61, Rivers-44, Ondo-39, Benue-37, Akwa Ibom-31, Kano-19, Delta-18, Gombe-18, Ogun-16, Edo-15, Kebbi-10, Ebonyi-9, Jigawa-4, Osun-3, Zamfara-3, Borno-1 and Nasarawa-1.

Nigeria now has 113, 305 confirmed cases of the viral disease. 91, 200 patients have been discharged so far while 1464 deaths have been recorded.

See a breakdown of the number of cases per states below