The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 154 new cases of the COVID-19 virus in the country.
The NCDC in a statement on their official social media page on Tuesday 13th July 2021, while updating Nigerians on the latest development on the COVID-19 in the country, stated that the country recorded 154 new cases of the virus.
The new cases according to NCDC, were recorded in 9 states of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Lagos having the highest number of new cases.
The 154 new cases as published by the NCDC shows the following distribution according to states:
Lagos-119
Akwa Ibom-11
Rivers-6
Oyo-5
Ekiti-4
Ogun-4
FCT-2
Gombe-2
Kwara-1
The new cases now bring the total confirmed cases so far in the country since the outbreak of the virus to 168,867, with a total number of 164,623 patients discharged so far, and 2,125 deaths.
Also, the agency added that Tuesday’s report includes:
Data from Oyo State for 11th July, 2021.
5 states with zero cases reported: Imo, Kano, Oyo, Plateau and Sokoto