Oyo State has recorded an unusual number of COVID-19 cases as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday, confirmed 176 new patients of coronavirus across the country. Oyo recorded 31 coming after Lagos with 95.
This brings the total number of infections in the country to 5,621.
The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday night.
It tweeted: “176 new cases of #COVID19; 95-Lagos 31-Oyo 11-FCT 8-Niger 8-Borno 6-Jigawa 4-Kaduna 3-Anambra 2-Edo 2-Rivers 2-Nasarawa 2-Bauchi 1-Benue 1-Zamfara.”
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