The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1143 new cases of the dreaded coronavirus in the country. The latest data which was released on Saturday 13th February 2021, also shows 13 new deaths were recorded.
According to the NCDC, the 1143 new cases of the coronavirus were recorded in 20 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory. These 1143 mew cases, show the following distribution across the 20 states:
Lagos (319),
FCT (157),
Kwara (90),
Oyo (74),
Enugu (72),
Nasarawa (69),
Imo (58),
Osun (51),
Gombe (49),
Kaduna (31),
Edo (23),
Katsina (23),
Kebbi (23),
Ogun (22),
Kano (19),
Rivers (19),
Ebonyi (18),
Plateau (14),
Delta (7), and
Ekiti (5)
The discharges as of this date, includes 1,040 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
Till date, 145,664 cases have been confirmed, 120,399 cases have been discharged and 1,747 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.