COVID-19: Nigeria records 198 new cases, total now 66,805

Nigeria has recorded 198 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 66,805.

The figures were released on Wednesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle.

For the second day, the Federal Capital Territory is maintaining the lead on the table.

It has 53 new cases.

The tweets by NCDC read:

“198 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT -53

Lagos-48

Ogun-40

Akwa Ibom-20

Bauchi-9

Plateau-8

Kaduna-5

Kano-4

Benue-3

Jigawa-3

Nasarawa-3

Edo-1

Kwara-1.

“66,805 confirmed

62,493 discharged

1,169 deaths.”