Nigeria's COVID-19 Toll Surpass 50,000 Mark
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night announced new 593 confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total in the country to 50,488. The new cases were reported from 16 states: Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), Ondo (19), Edo (18), Kaduna (17), Enugu (12), Akwa Ibom (10), Ogun (7), Abia (6), Gombe (6), Kano (3) and Osun (3). The deadly virus has so far claimed the lives of 985, while 37,304 patients have recovered.