BREAKING: COVID-19 deaths hit 1,083 in Nigeria

Adeyinka Akintunde

1,083 people have died of Coronavirus in Nigeria

This is according to a tweet released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC) on Monday night.

The NCDC further revealed that the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria is now56,388 , with 44,337 patients discharged.

This is following the 132 new cases recorded in the country.

Lagos State had the highest number of recorded cases on Monday with 52, Gombe State followed with 27 cases and Plateau State came next with 17 cases.

Other states recorded as follows:

Kwara-10 Enugu-9 Ogun-9 Katsina-3 Ekiti-2 Bauchi-1 Osun-1 Rivers-1

132 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-52

Gombe-27

Plateau-17

Kwara-10

Enugu-9

Ogun-9

Katsina-3

Ekiti-2

Bauchi-1

Osun-1

Rivers-1

56,388 confirmed

44,337 discharged

1,083 deaths pic.twitter.com/Enpey5u7xh

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 14, 2020