Covid-19 Cases Diminish as NCDC Reports 187 New Cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 187 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.
Gistlover reports that the new cases were reported in a post on the disease control agency’s Twitter handle on Wednesday night, March 17, 2021.

The newly reported cases bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 161,261 which includes 146,395 discharged cases and 2,027 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states:

Lagos-42

Taraba-29

Edo-17

Abia-13

Rivers-11

Kaduna-10

Katsina-9

Oyo-9

Kwara-7

Plateau-7

Ondo-5

Bayelsa-4

Cross River-4

Ogun-4

Osun-4

Akwa Ibom-3

Borno-3

Nasarawa-3.