COVID-19: Dozens Of Coronavirus Cases Reported From 17 Nigerian States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 126 new cases and 3 deaths of the dreaded Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

AllNews reports that to date, 56, 604 cases have been confirmed, 47, 872 cases have been discharged and 1, 091 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Our discharges today include 2,967 community recoveries in FCT and 103 community recoveries in Kwara State managed in line with new case management guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/R1UldSMpCW

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 16, 2020

The 126 new cases are reported from 17 states- FCT (37), Lagos (27), Plateau (16), Kaduna (9), Abia (7), Gombe (6), Ondo (6), Imo (5), Delta (2), Ekiti (2), Kwara (2), Oyo (2), Bauchi (1), Kano (1), Katsina (1), Ogun (1), Yobe (1).

A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

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As of 17 September 2020, more than 29.7 million cases have been reported in 188 countries and territories, resulting in more than 939,000 deaths; more than 20.2 million people have recovered.