Nigeria has recorded 31 deaths from Covid-19, the highest recorded death from the novel virus in one day, raising the death toll from 424 to 455.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday in Lagos, adding that it has recorded 490 new cases of the virus, bringing to 17,148 the number of confirmed cases in the country.
The statement further disclosed that Lagos recorded 142 new cases, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 60, Bayelsa 54, Rivers 39, Delta 37, Oyo 30, Kaduna 26, Imo 23, Enugu 19, Kwara 17, Gombe 11, Ondo 10, Bauchi eight, Ogun seven, Borno six, while Benue recorded one case.
According to the report: “Nigeria has recorded 17,148 cases of COVID-19. 5,623 persons have been discharged, while 455 persons have died.”