Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases exceed 10,000 with 307 new infections

The Coronavirus disease in the country has exceeded 10,000 cases with the confirmation of 307 new infections on Sunday evening.

The new figure brings the total number of confirmed cases to 10162 out of which 3007 have been discharged with 287 deaths recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

According to statistics published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 151 patients recovered while 14 deaths occurred in the last 24 hours.

The 307 new cases are reported from 15 states – Lagos (188), FCT (44), Ogun (19), Kaduna (14), Oyo (12), Bayelsa (9), Gombe (5), Kano (3), Delta (3), Imo (2), Rivers (2), Niger (2), Bauchi (2), Plateau (1), Kwara (1).

So far, 60,825 samples have been tested while 6,868 are active cases nationwide.