COVID-19: Nigeria records 81 new cases, total now 164,993

Nigeria has recorded 81 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 164,993.

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

Lagos has the highest number of 26 new cases.

Other details as provided by the NCDC read:

“81 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-26

Enugu-13

Ogun-8

Rivers-6

Kano-6

Kaduna-5

Plateau-5

Akwa Ibom-4

Delta-3

FCT-3

Edo-2.

“164,993 confirmed

155,021 discharged

2,063 deaths.”