Covid-19: NCDC Reports 869 New Cases in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday evening, 17th February 2021, confirmed 869 new cases of Coronavirus infection in Nigeria.
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 149,369 which includes 125,722 discharged cases and 1,787 deaths.
Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states
Lagos-229
Rivers-79
Taraba-73
Oyo-66
Ogun-60
FCT-58
Plateau-56
Kwara-38
Ondo-38
Osun-24
Kano-22
Nasarawa-21
Abia-19
Edo-19
Akwa Ibom-19
Cross River-10
Delta-9
Benue-8
Ekiti-6
Borno-6
Katsina-4
Bauchi-3
Bayelsa-1
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869 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 17, 2021
In another news, the senior official of the Kano State Hisbah Board caught with a married woman in a hotel has been identified as Sani Rimo.
Gistlover had earlier reported that Men of the Nigeria Police Force in Kano have arrested a Hisbah commander with a woman inside a hotel.
