Nigeria’s Coronavirus infections soar above 6,000

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases have soared above 6,000, with the release of 216 fresh cases on Monday by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

According to the NCDC, confirmed Coronavirus infections in Nigeria now stand at 6,175.

As usual, Lagos topped the chart of new cases with 74. Katsina reported 33 fresh cases and Oyo 19.

Kano recorded 17 cases; Edo 13 ; Zamfara 10 ; while Ogun, Gombe and Borno recorded eight cases each.


Bauchi and Kwara have seven cases each; FCT, four; Kaduna and Enugu, three cases each.

Lastly, River has two cases.

Nine deaths were recorded on Monday, taking the overall death toll to 191.