COVID-19: Nigeria Records 72 New Cases, Total Now 63,036
According to NCDC, 63,036 cases have been confirmed, 59,328 cases have been discharged and 1,147 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Joy Kalu 
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, November 02, 2020, announced seventy-two (72) confirmed new cases of coronavirus also known as COVID-19 in the country.
The health agency disclosed this via it's Twitter handle.
NCDC tweeted: ''On the 2nd of November 2020, 72 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.
''Till date, 63,036 cases have been confirmed, 59,328 cases have been discharged and 1,147 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
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''A total of 627,600 tests have been carried out as of November 2nd, 2020 compared to 625,510 tests a day earlier.
According to the NCDC, the 72 new cases were reported from 9 states- Lagos (51), FCT (6), Ogun (4), Kaduna (3), Niger (2), Ondo (2), Plateau (2), Katsina (1), Oyo (1).
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
72 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 2, 2020
Lagos-51
FCT-6
Ogun-4
Kaduna-3
Niger-2
Ondo-2
Plateau-2
Katsina-1
Oyo-1
63,036 confirmed
59,328 discharged
1,147 deaths pic.twitter.com/fnZpSWqmyc
Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 21,338, followed by Abuja (6,124), Plateau (3,652), Oyo (3,452), Rivers (2,831), Edo (2,666), Kaduna (2,658), Ogun (2,051), Delta (1,814), Kano (1,747), Ondo (1,669), Enugu (1,314), Kwara (1,069), Ebonyi (1,049), Katsina (953), Gombe (937). Osun (929), Abia (898), Borno (745), and Bauchi (713).
Imo State has recorded 617 cases, Benue (493), Nasarawa (482), Bayelsa (413), Ekiti (335), Jigawa (325), Akwa Ibom (295), Anambra (277), Niger (276), Adamawa (257), Sokoto (165), Taraba (146), Kebbi (93), Cross River (87), Yobe (82), Zamfara (79), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.
So far, the cases have been dropping drastically in the last couple of weeks and it’s expected to continue to decline even as the country reopened the full economy including the borders both lands, sea and air and schools.
