179 New Cases Of Covid-19 Recorded In Nigeria

179 new cases of Covid-19 has been recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said.

A breakdown of the new cases across different states in the country is as follows; Lagos-47, Kaduna-21, Rivers-18, Akwa Ibom-14, FCT-11, Edo-10, Cross River-9, Ogun-9, Nasarawa-6, Ebonyi-5, Ekiti-5, Zamfara-5, Delta-4, Kano-4, Osun-4, Plateau-3, Abia-2, Gombe-1, and Sokoto-1.

The 179 new cases of Covid-19 now brings the total number of confirmed cases to 161,074. 2,018 deaths have been recorded while 146,072.

179 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-47
Kaduna-21
Rivers-18
Akwa Ibom-14
FCT-11
Edo-10
Cross River-9
Ogun-9
Nasarawa-6
Ebonyi-5
Ekiti-5
Zamfara-5
Delta-4
Kano-4
Osun-4
Plateau-3
Abia-2
Gombe-1
Sokoto-1

161,074 confirmed
146,072 discharged
2,018 deaths pic.twitter.com/gHyVzdXHDI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 16, 2021