COVID-19: Nigeria records 457 new cases, 927 deaths 

A total of four hundred and fifty-seven, 457, new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Wednesday night in a tweet via its official Twitter handle.

NCDC said Lagos State recorded 137 cases, while FCT followed with 76 cases.

Nigeria now has a total of 44,890 confirmed cases and 927 deaths.

The tweet read: “457 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-137

FCT-76

Plateau-40

Rivers-35

Enugu-34

Oyo-25

Abia-23

Delta-12

Edo-11

Ebonyi-11

Cross River-10

Kwara-10

Kaduna-9

Anambra-7

Ogun-5

Imo-3

Bauchi-3

Osun-2

Nasarawa-2

Kano-1

Ekiti-1

44,890 confirmed

32,165 discharged

927 deaths.”