COVID-19: NCDC Reports 2 Deaths, 179 New Cases

• Total cases confirmed – 161,074
• Total cases discharged – 146,072
• Total deaths recorded – 2,018

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that Nigeria has 0016recorded a total of 161,074 COVID-19 cases.

In its latest case update dated March 16, the NCDC reports 179 new infections with 2 deaths resulting from COVID-19 complications.

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The new infections were recorded in 18 states — Lagos-47, Kaduna-21, Rivers-1, 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.

Eko Hot Blog gathers that out of the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria, 146,072 cases have been discharged while the death toll stands at 2,018.

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

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