COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased on Wednesday with 389 new cases including two confirmed cases in Kogi state, bringing the current total cases to 8,733
The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter.
This takes the country’s total infections to 8,733 out of which 2,501 have been discharged with 254 losing their lives.
Data from the NCDC showed that the cases were spread across 22 states and with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 256 cases.
Of the 389 new cases of COVID-19; Lagos-256, Katsina-23, Edo-22, Rivers-14, Kano-13, Adamawa-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Kaduna-7, Kwara-6, Nasarawa-6, Gombe-2, Plateau-2, Abia-2, Delta-2, Benue-2, Niger-2, Kogi-2, Oyo-2, Imo-1, Borno-1, Ogun-1 and Anambra-1.
With the latest confirmed cases, 35 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja now have COVID-19 pandemic cases with the exception of Cross River State in Nigeria.
The state by state distribution of infection are as below:
