It has been officially confirmed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) that 87 new cases of the novel Coronavirus were recorded in the country on Saturday.
According to a tweet from the NCDC, Lagos State recorded 33 cases, Borno State had 18 cases, Osun State recorded 12 cases and Katsina State had nine cases.
Others included four cases in Kano and Ekiti State, three in Edo and Bauchi State and one case in Imo State
As it stands, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria is 1182, with 222 persons discharged and 35 deaths.
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