150 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed, Total Now 62,521

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, announced that the country has recorded 150 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 62,521.

The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Thursday night.

“On the 29th of October 2020, 150 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 62521 cases have been confirmed, 58249 cases have been discharged and 1141 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 150 new cases are reported from 9 states- Lagos (89), Rivers (19), Ogun (11), Bayelsa (9), Kaduna (8), Plateau (8), Taraba (3), Osun (2), Delta (1),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State
States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 21,106 683 20,211 212
FCT 6,028 606 5,341 81
Plateau 3,630 194 3,403 33
Oyo 3,433 813 2,577 43
Rivers 2,809 91 2,659 59
Edo 2,657 26 2,522 109
Kaduna 2,641 63 2,535 43
Ogun 2,027 78 1,919 30
Delta 1,814 28 1,737 49
Kano 1,746 8 1,684 54
Ondo 1,666 44 1,585 37
Enugu 1,314 24 1,269 21
Kwara 1,069 24 1,019 26
Ebonyi 1,049 8 1,011 30
Katsina 952 0 928 24
Osun 925 4 901 20
Abia 898 18 872 8
Gombe 883 111 747 25
Borno 745 4 705 36
Bauchi 711 1 696 14
Imo 616 24 580 12
Benue 491 45 435 11
Nasarawa 482 144 325 13
Bayelsa 412 10 381 21
Ekiti 332 6 320 6
Jigawa 325 6 308 11
Akwa Ibom 295 0 287 8
Anambra 277 10 248 19
Niger 274 3 259 12
Adamawa 257 9 229 19
Sokoto 165 1 147 17
Taraba 146 33 107 6
Kebbi 93 1 84 8
Cross River 87 4 74 9
Yobe 82 6 68 8
Zamfara 79 1 73 5
Kogi 5 0 3 2