It has been officially announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that the country has recorded 453 new cases of COVID-19, as confirmed cases are now 46,140.
The agency made this known via its verified Twitter handle on Thursday.
“453 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; FCT-75, Lagos-71, Benue-53, Delta-39, Borno-30, Enugu-25, Plateau-24, Osun-20, Abia-19, Oyo-17, Kaduna-16, Kano-13, Ebonyi-13, Ogun-9, Kwara-7, Ondo-6, Gombe-3, Ekiti-2, Akwa Ibom-1, Rivers-1.”
Senator Buruji Kashamu reportedly died of COVID-19-related complications on Saturday afternoon.
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