Nigeria Records 124 New Cases Of COVID-19

124 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday, September 3.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the new cases were recorded in twelve states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos had 42 new cases, the highest for the day followed by the FCT with 25 new cases. Other states with new cases include Katsina – 14, Kaduna – 11, Kwara State-8,  Ondo – 7;  Delta – 4;  Anambra – 3;  Oyo – 3;  Edo – 2;  Ogun – 2;  Osun – 2 and Cross River -1.

Nigeria now has 54,587 confirmed cases. 42,627 patients have so far been discharged with 1,048 deaths recorded.

See a breakdown of the number of cases per states below;