Bauchi leads as Nigeria confirms 394 new COVID-19 cases with 5 deaths

Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed 394 new cases of COVID19 with 5 deaths.

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control in a statement via its verified Twitter handle also said that the country currently has 159,646 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus with 139,983 recoveries and 1,993 fatalities.

The health agency further noted that Wednesday’s infections were recorded in 18 states and the FCT with Bauchi for the first time since the pandemic started in the country in February 2020 recording the highest number of new cases-75, followed by Lagos, the pandemic epicentre with-36, Akwa Ibom-33, FCT-32, Nasarawa-29, and Kaduna-26.

Other states that reported new infections include, Rivers-25, Ogun-22, Oyo-21, Edo-20, Taraba-18, Imo-17, Ondo-17, Borno-8, Plateau-7, Zamfara-4, Osun-3, and Kano-1.