COVID-19: Nigeria draws close to 37,000 cases as NCDC announces 556 new infections

Nigeria in moved a step closed tol recording 37,000 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday night after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 556 new cases.

Disclosed this on its official Twitter handle late on Sunday, the NCDC said the country's total infections from the virus has risen to 36,663.

The NCDC revealed that 19 states did not record a new case of the virus in the past 24 hours.

It, however, said that Edo state recorded the highest number of cases with 104 infections.

The health agency added that Lagos state had the second-highest number of cases with 97 infections recorded while the FCT had 70 new infections.

Others are Benue – 66, Oyo – 61, Kaduna – 38, Plateau – 28, Osun – 19, and Akwa Ibom – 14.

Three states – Rivers, Katsina, and Ondo, reported 13 new infections.

Meanwhile, Ogun, Kano, and Nasarawa states recorded six, five, and four cases each while Gombe and Ekiti recorded two cases apiece.

It said only one case was recorded in Borno state.

This brings the total number of cases recorded in Nigeria to 36,663.

According to the NCDC, the records show that 15, 105 persons have been treated and discharged, with 789 deaths recorded so far in the country.