Abia tops Lagos, records 67 new covid-19 cases

Abia State has recorded 67 new cases of coronavirus, topping the daily cases tally for the first time.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Sunday announced that 260 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

It said no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

According to NCDC, till date, 12486 cases have been confirmed, 3959 cases have been discharged and 354 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 260 new cases are reported from 19 states- Abia(67), FCT(40), Lagos(38), Ogun(19), Gombe(16), Edo(14), Imo(9), Kwara(8), Katsina(8), Nasarawa(8), Borno(8), Kaduna(6), Bauchi(5), Ekiti(4), Niger(2), Ondo(2), Plateau(2), Kano(2),Sokoto(2)

Abia currently has 83 infections, 76 active cased and 7 discharges. It has recorded no death so far.