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Panic as Benue records highest number of coronavirus in one day
Benue now has recorded 37 new cases of coronavirus.
This is the highest number of cases recorded in a day since the virus hit the nation’s food basket state.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the figure in a tweet via its Twitter handle Tuesday night.
With this, the state has now recorded 694 cases.
Meanwhile, Nigeria has now recorded 113,305 COVID-19 cases and 1,464 deaths officially.
NCDC tweeted: 1,301 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-551
FCT-209
Oyo-83
Plateau-65
Kaduna-64
Enugu-61
Rivers-44
Ondo-39
Benue-37
Akwa Ibom-31
Kano-19
Delta-18
Gombe-18
Ogun-16
Edo-15
Kebbi-10
Ebonyi-9
Jigawa-4
Osun-3
Zamfara-3
Borno-1
Nasarawa-1
113,305 confirmed
91,200 discharged
1,464 deaths.”