Categories: Nigeria News

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.”

 

 

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