Yemisi Izuora
Nigeria has recorded 348 new cases.
This was revealed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Wednesday night.
There was a lone death which was a departure from the trend in the last few days where at least 2 deaths were recorded.
Fourteen people for instance died overnight between Saturday and Sunday. Twelve were reported dead on Monday and 15 on Tuesday.
The death toll is now 315, out of the national confirmed cases of 11, 166.
Those discharged were 90, taking the national figure to 3329.
Lagos and the Federal capital of Abuja shared the greater portion of the new 348 cases.
Lagos has a disproportionate 163 cases, while the FCT got 76.
The FCT has consistently the past five days registered two digits of infections.
It was 52 on Saturday, 48 on Sunday, 14 on Monday and 13 on Tuesday.
Rivers State and Ebonyi showed up strong in the grim chart on Tuesday, with 23 and 21 cases.
According to the breakdown of the cases: Lagos-163, FCT-76, Ebonyi-23, Rivers-21, Delta-8, Nasarawa-8, Niger-8, Enugu-6, Bauchi-5, Edo-5, Ekiti-5, Ondo-5, Gombe-5, Benue-4,Ogun-2,Osun-1, Plateau-1,Kogi-1, Anambra-1.
Total is 11166 cases of #COVID19Nigeria, Discharged: 3329, Deaths: 315.