COVID-19: 553 New Infections Recorded In Nigeria, Total Cases Rise To 9,855

NCDC has announced that Nigeria have recorded new 553 COVID-19 infections, and now totaling 9,855.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced that laboratory tests have confirmed 553 new cases of coronavirus infections in the country on Saturday.

According to the report published by NCDC on its Twitter handle, 378 cases were confirmed in Lagos, 52 in FCT , 23 in Delta and 22 in Edo.

The center said that this took the country’s total infections to 9,855 out of which 2,856 have been discharged with 273 lives lost.

The NCDC said that the cases were spread across 14 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day.