Rivers becomes 7th state with highest covid-19 infections, records 32 new cases

Rivers State has displaced Ogun and Kaduna to become the 7th state with the highest covid-19 infection.

The state now stands behind Lagos, Kano, FCT, Edo, Katsina and Oyo with 364 cases.

Nigerian Center for Disease Control announced 315 cases on Monday where Rivers recorded 32 new infections.

Out of the 364 cases, 191 are active cases, 152 persons have been discharged while 21 have died.

NCDC said it recorded 7 deaths from different states.

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

“Till date, 12801 cases have been confirmed, 4040 cases have been discharged and 361 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory”, the centre posted on its website.

The 315 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos(128), FCT(34), Rivers(32), Edo(28), Oyo(22), Kaduna(20), Gombe(13), Ogun(8), Plateau(5), Delta(7), Kwara(7), Kano(5), Bauchi(4), Katsina(2)