Nigeria records 938 new Covid-19 cases, total now 143,516

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 938 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 143,516.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.

Nigeria also recorded eight COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,710.

“938 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-236 FCT-123 Plateau-92 Benue-63 Katsina-53 Oyo-50 Osun-45 Kaduna-43 Edo-33 Ogun-31 Ebonyi-31 Akwa Ibom-30 Kano-26 Gombe-18 Bauchi-16 Delta-12 Imo-11 Cross River-10 Rivers-10 Niger-5.”