
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has confirmed 655 fresh cases of covid-19 in the country.
The figure, announced by the agency on Wednesday February 24 through its official twitter handle brings the total number of infections in the country to 153, 842.
According to the agency, the new cases were recorded from 21 states.
Lagos recorded 240 cases, Kaduna- 87, Ogun- 88, Rivers- 56, FCT- 51, Kaduna- 43, Kano-25, Plateau- 21, Taraba- 19, Edo- 17, Abia- 15, Delta- 13, Nasarawa- 11.Other affected states are Akwa- Ibom- 10, Kwara- 10, Oyo- 10, Kebbi- 9, Borno- 5, Bayelsa- 4, Gombe- 4, Ekiti- 2 and Osun- 2.
The number of discharged covid-19 patients now stands at 130,818 with 1,885 cases of death