The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 131 new cases of coronavirus infection in Nigeria, which brings the total of confirmed cases to 56,735 as of September 17, 2020.
The cases were recorded in in Lagos-45, Kaduna-17, Plateau-17, FCT-16, Delta-6, Niger-6, Kwara-5, Oyo-3, Akwa Ibom-2, Cross River-2, Ekiti-2, Enugu-2, Osun-2, Sokoto-2, Bauchi-1, Ebonyi-1, Katsina-1 and Rivers-1.
According to NCDC, out of the 56,735 confirmed cases, 48,092 patients have been discharged and 1,093 deaths have been recorded.
