Nigeria records 182 new cases, tally hits 8,915 as NCDC tests 48,544 nationwide

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Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increased further on Thursday with 182 new cases, and five new deaths.

The new cases were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official Twitter handle.

This brings the country’s total infections to 8,915 out of which 2592 have been discharged with 259 fatalities.

Data from the NCDC showed that Lagos recorded the highest number of infections for the day with 111 new cases.

The 182 new cases of COVID-19 are confirmed as follows; Lagos-111, FCT-16, Akwa Ibom-10, Oyo-8, Kaduna-6, Delta-6, Rivers-5, Ogun-4, Ebonyi-4, Kano-3, Plateau-2, Gombe-2, Kebbi-1, Kwara-2, Bauchi-1, Borno-1.

Meanwhile, the NCDC said it had carried out 48, 544 COVID-19 tests nationwide.

These figures were contained in a situation report on the pandemic published by the centre on Wednesday.

The centre currently has 28 laboratories that have the capacity of testing for the virus across the country.

A breakdown of the tests conducted so far per state showed that Lagos State, which is the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria, has the highest figure of 17,907.

The second on the list is the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with 6,136 while Kano State came third with 3, 965.

Kogi and Cross River states have the least number of tests with one and eight respectively.

The two states are the only states in the country that have not recorded any confirmed case of the virus.

Other states and the number of tests so far carried out are Oyo (2,420); Ogun (1,958); Edo (1,434); Jigawa (1,295); Kaduna (1,222); Katsina (1,216); Gombe (1,158); Kwara (1,078) and Borno (985).

Others are Bauchi (923); Rivers (750); Sokoto (618); Osun (569); Ondo (510); Delta (502), Plateau (476); Nasarawa (401); Kebbi (368); Ebonyi (330); Imo (317); Zamfara (276) and Ekiti (275).

The remaining states are Enugu (207); Niger (179); Anambra (172); Benue (156); Akwa Ibom (151); Abia (139); Taraba (139); Adamawa (107); Bayelsa (103); and Yobe (93).

Only on Tuesday, the NCDC activated two laboratories in Ogun and Katsina states bringing the number of laboratories with COVID-19 testing capacity nationwide to 28.

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