1598 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday January 16, as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases across states as follows; Lagos-461, FCT-206, Plateau-197, Rivers-168, Kaduna-116, Anambra-53, Ogun-49, Ebonyi-47, Edo-42, Sokoto-32, Imo-31, Katsina-31, Oyo-30, Akwa Ibom-27, Delta-16, Kano-16, Abia-15, Niger-15, Ondo-11, Bayelsa-10, Borno-9, Kebbi-8, Ekiti-7, Jigawa-1.
There are now 108,943 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1420 deaths have been recorded. 85,367 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.
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