Fresh cases rises, as Nigeria confirms 1,016 new in a day 

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,016 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 86,576.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. “1,016 new cases of Lagos-434 FCT-155 Plateau-94 Kaduna-56 Rivers-56 Oyo-30 Nasarawa-27 Zamfara-25 Abia-22 Enugu-18 Kano-18 Bayelsa-15 Edo-14 Ogun-11 Borno-10 Ebonyi-10 Jigawa-7 Anambra-4 Delta-3 Niger-3 Osun-3.”