Coronavirus: Nigeria records zero deaths in five days - NCDC

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the country recorded recorded zero coronavirus related deaths in five days, as 103 new infections were recorded.

The state agency made this known via its official Twitter handle on Thursday, October 8.

The centre said that Nigeria total COVID-19 cases hit 59,841, Guardian.ng said.

It added that the new cases were recorded in Lagos (39), Rivers (21), FCT (19), Oyo (6) Kaduna (4), Bauchi (3), Ogun (3), Imo (2), Kano (2), Benue (1), Edo (1), Nasarawa (1), Plateau (1).

It added that Lagos has a total of 19,815, confirmed case, followed by Abuja (5,784), Plateau (3,499), Oyo (3,285), Rivers (2,653), Edo (2,635), Kaduna (2,467) and Ogun (1,901).

Delta (1,803), Kano (1,740), Ondo (1,638), Enugu (1,289), Kwara (1,050), Ebonyi (1,042), Abia (898), Katsina (894), Gombe (883). Osun (874), Borno (745), and Bauchi (707).

Others are Imo (579 ), Benue (482), Nasarawa (469), Bayelsa (401), Jigawa (325), Ekiti (322), Akwa Ibom (294), Niger (261), Anambra (250), Adamawa (248), Sokoto (162), Taraba (106), Kebbi (93), Cross River (87), Zamfara (79), Yobe (76), while Kogi state had recorded 5 cases only.

The centre said that as at Oct. 8, it carried out a total daily test of 1,939.

The centre also a total of 545,364 tests have been carried out as of Oct. 7, 2020.

103 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-39
Rivers-21
FCT-19
Oyo-6
Kaduna-4
Bauchi-3
Ogun-3
Imo-2
Kano-2
Benue-1
Edo-1
Nasarawa-1
Plateau-1

59,841 confirmed
51,551 discharged
1,113 deaths pic.twitter.com/SkpuZCWU2o

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) October 8, 2020