The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has surpassed the 50,000 mark after 593 fresh cases of coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria.
This was revealed in Wednesday via a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
In recent days, the country had posted low number of cases before the sudden leap to 593 more COVID-19 cases.
The cases were recorded from 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Of the new cases reported, Plateau were at the forefront with 186 more infections and is trailed by Lagos and the FCT, where 172 and 62 new cases were recorded respectively.
Others are Oyo – 27, Delta – 25, Rivers – 20, Ondo – 19, Edo – 18, Kaduna – 17, Enugu – 12, Akwa Ibom – 10, Ogun – seven, Abia – six, Gombe – six, Kano – three, and Osun – three.
Latest data from the nation’s health agency indicates that 470 more people have been successfully treated and discharged from various isolation centres in the country.
Nigeria’s total recovery figure stands at 37,304, representing 73.88 per cent of the total number of cases confirmed so far.
As of the time compiling this report, the country has 12,452 active cases of COVID-19 with 985 deaths recorded so far from each state of the Federation and the FCT.