Nigeria records 126 new cases of COVID-19, total now 59,127

Adeyinka Akintunde

Nigeria on Friday recorded 126 new cases f Coronavirus across the country.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria is now 59,127. 50,593 patients have so far been discharged and 1,112 deaths have been recorded.

Lagos State recorded 62 of the 126 cases on Friday, followed by Rivers State  with 22 cases and Ogun State with nine cases.

Others are: Plateau-7 FCT-7 Osun-5 Kwara-5 Taraba-3 Bayelsa-2 Abia-2 Zamfara-1 Imo-1

126 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-62
Rivers-22
Ogun-9
Plateau-7
FCT-7
Osun-5
Kwara-5
Taraba-3
Bayelsa-2
Abia-2
Zamfara-1
Imo-1

59,127 confirmed
50,593 discharged
1,112 deaths pic.twitter.com/JFbAT5HRuT

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) October 2, 2020