COVID-19: Nigeria Records 169 New Cases, Total Now 62,585
''Till date, 66,974 cases have been confirmed, 62,585 cases have been discharged and 1,169 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,'' NCDC reveals.
Joy Kalu 
Nigeria has confirmed 169 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported this on its website, on Thursday night.
This has brought the total number of cases in Nigeria to 66,974.
However, there were no confirmed deaths within the last 24 hours.
The NCDC noted that the new cases were spread across 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
NCDC tweeted: ''On the 26th of November 2020, 169 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria
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''Till date, 66,974 cases have been confirmed, 62,585 cases have been discharged and 1,169 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 169 new cases are reported from 12 states- Kaduna (74), FCT (42), Lagos (17), Kano (
, Ogun (6), Oyo (6), Rivers (6), Ekiti (3), Bauchi (3), Katsina (2), Delta (1) and Ondo (1).
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 23,083, followed by Abuja (6,671), Plateau (3,813), Oyo (3,721), Kaduna (3,019), Rivers (2,969), Edo (2,696), Ogun (2,202), Delta (1,824), Kano (1,789), Ondo (1,728), Enugu (1,332), Kwara (1,096), Ebonyi (1,055), Katsina (1,014), Osun (945), Gombe (938). Abia (926), Bauchi (765), and Borno (745).
169 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 26, 2020
Kaduna-74
FCT-42
Lagos-17
Kano-8
Ogun-6
Oyo-6
Rivers-6
Ekiti-3
Bauchi-3
Katsina-2
Delta-1
Ondo-1
66974 confirmed
62,585 discharged
1,169 deaths pic.twitter.com/Fj7grWtTZ5
Imo State has recorded 662 cases, Benue (496), Nasarawa (488), Bayelsa (445), Ekiti (357), Akwa Ibom (339), Jigawa (331), Niger (296), Anambra (285), Adamawa (261), Sokoto (165), Taraba (157), Yobe (94), Kebbi (93), Cross River (90), Zamfara (79), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.
