Plateau continues to lead as Nigeria records 216 fresh cases of COVID-19, 429 more recover

As Nigeria continues its fight against COVID-19, Plateau state lead with 59 new infections as 216 new cases of the deadly virus were recorded on Wednesday.


This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control via its official Twitter handle on Thursday.


According to NCDC, Nigeria has reached 54,463 confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with Plateau State, the new epicentre of the virus, recording a drop in infections.

















This is far lower than the 116 cases plateau state churned in on Tuesday and there was a drop in infections Nigeria recorded when compared to the 239 cases posted on Tuesday.


NCDC further revealed that the top five states with COVID-19 cases on Wednesday are: Plateau (59 cases), Rivers (27 cases), Abia (22 cases), Lagos (20 cases) and Oyo (18 cases).
















Of the 15 states and FCT that recorded new cases, four of them are from the North (Plateau, Kaduna, FCT, Bauchi), while the rest are from the South.


Four deaths were recorded on Wednesday, taking the overall deaths to 1,027, with 42,439 survivors discharged so far.
















Below is COVID-19 infection leaderboard on Wednesday

Plateau-59
Rivers-27
Abia-22
Lagos-20
Oyo-18
Enugu-17
Kaduna-11
FCT-11
Ogun-10
Ebonyi-4
Osun-4
Ekiti-4
Delta-3
Edo-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Bauchi-1


54,463 confirmed
42,439 discharged
1,027 deaths.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country since Nigeria reported its first infection in February to 54,463.
















Similarly, those who have lost the battle to COVID-19 in Nigeria increased by four, raising the death toll from the disease to 1,027.


On the positive note, the number of recoveries increased to 42,439 after 429 more patients were successfully treated and discharged from various isolation centres in the country.