RIVERS CONFIRMED SKYROCKETS TO 103 IN A DAY, AS NCDC RECORDS 573

Rivers State, South South Nigeria has recorded alarming number of one hundred and three (103) case of coronavirus on Monday, being the highest recorded in just one day since the index case in the state.

This comes at a time when states like Osun and Ekiti among few others are counting their blessing for containing COVID-19.

According to NCDC in its twitter handle, a total of 573 new cases of COVID19 was recorded in the country yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 16, 658.

The figures according to states include:

Lagos-216

Rivers-103

Oyo-68

Edo-40

Kano-21

Gombe-20

FCT-17

Delta-13

Plateau-12

Bauchi-12

Niger-10

Kebbi-9

Ogun-8

Ondo-8

Abia-7

Nasarawa-5

Borno-1

Kwara-1

Benue-1

Anambra-1

A total of 5,349 persons have been discharged while 424 deaths have recorded.