Coronavirus
BREAKING: Fresh Surging Cases Of Coronavirus Keep Hitting Nigeria So Hard

Fresh surging cases of coronavirus keep hitting Nigeria so hard.
OnyxNews Nigeria reports fresh rising cases of the the pandemic virus in the country.
This online news platform understands that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Contro (NCDC) has in its record on Saturday night, January 16 2021, that 1,598 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the country.
With 1,598 fresh cases confirmed on Saturday night, total number of the surging virus is currently 108,943 in Nigeria, 85,367 discharged and 1,420 death cases.
Giving the breakdown, the NCDC wrote on micro-blogging site, Twitter that: “1598 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria.”
Adding the breakdown of each state as:
“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.”
1598 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
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 pic.twitter.com/KyRi1mZySD— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 16, 2021
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