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.”