Covid-19: NCDC Confirms 1,303 New Cases

Covid-19: NCDC Confirms 1,303 New Cases.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday evening, 26th January 2021, confirmed 1,303 new cases of Coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 124,299 which includes 99,276 discharged cases and 1,522 deaths.

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

1,303 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-478

FCT-211

Nasarawa-83

Rivers-72

Kwara-42

Edo-36

Ondo-34

Benue-32

Kaduna-32

Katsina-26

Plateau-26

Kano-25

Taraba-25

Osun-22

Delta-21

Oyo-21

Niger-19

Sokoto-18

Ebonyi-17

Ekiti-14

Gombe-13

Ogun-12

Bauchi-11

Zamfara-8

Borno-4

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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 26, 2021

In the other news, the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, said 58 herbal practitioners have so far made submissions on claims for COVID-19 cure.

He made this known on Monday in Abuja during the inauguration of a committee to develop protocols for the evaluation of herbal medicines claims for COVID-19 and other diseases.