COVID-19: Nigeria records 1398 new cases, Lagos, FCT, Oyo takes lead

1398 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday 13 January, 2021.

NCDC made this on their social media page during their Daily COVID-19 report in the country.

A breakdown of the cases by States were posted by the NCDC showed that Lagos, FCT , Oyo, Rivers and Plateau had the highest number of positive cases for the day with 542, 131, 120, 113, 111 cases respectively.

1398 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-542
FCT-131
Oyo-120
Rivers-113
Plateau-111
Kaduna-71
Kwara-71
Akwa Ibom-34
Sokoto-31
Benue-28
Ogun-27
Kano-26
Kebbi-17
Osun-12
Nasarawa-11
Delta-10
Gombe-10
Bayelsa-9
Borno-9
Edo-8
Ekiti-3
Jigawa-2
Katsina-2 pic.twitter.com/LRzLZswj21

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 13, 2021

As at the time of this report, 103,999 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, 82,555 cases have been discharged and 1,382 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.