The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported zero death and 453 new cases from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known on its twitter handle on Wednesday.
The health agency said that the new cases pushed the nation's infection total to 47,743 in the country.
According to the data made available by NCDC, till date 47,743 cases have been confirmed, 33,943 cases discharged and 956 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
It stated that the 453 new cases were reported from 16 states- Lagos (113), FCT (72), Plateau (59), Enugu (55), Kaduna (38), Ondo (32), Osun (26), Ebonyi (20), Ogun (9), Delta (8), Borno (7), Akwa Ibom (6), Oyo (5), Bauchi (1), Kano (1) and Ekiti (1).
It was reported from NCDC statistics that, eight states including Lagos, FCT, Oyo, Edo, Delta, Kano, Rivers and Ogun account for over 70 per cent of the cases recorded.
Nigerians are advised not to be tired in complying with the COVID-19 preventive guidelines from the NCDC.
