Rivers leads Lagos in COVID-19 cases: NCDC

Rivers State led Nigeria’s daily COVID-19 cases Saturday, logging 188 cases out of the 828 declared by the NCDC.

Rivers, the third most hit state by the virus, has more cases than Lagos.

Lagos reported 183 cases, a big fall compared to the 906 reported on Friday.

The NCDC indicated that the 97 cases reported by Delta on Saturday aggregated the cases recorded from 7th – 17th December.

The NCDC did not explain why Delta failed to report the cases reported on Saturday.

Breakdown of cases for Saturday

Rivers-188
Lagos-183
Delta-97
FCT-82
Oyo-67
Edo-54
Ekiti-34
Plateau-34
Kano-27
Anambra-22
Kaduna-19
Enugu-12
Ogun-5
Kwara-4

223,483 confirmed
211,522 discharged
2,984 deaths