COVID-19: Nigeria's Total Infections Nears 63,000 with 111 New Cases Recorded
''Till date, 62964 cases have been confirmed, 58790 cases have been discharged and 1146 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,'' NCDC reveals.
Joy Kalu 
Nigeria on Sunday recorded 111 new cases of Coronavirus bringing the nation's total number of infections to 62,964.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle.
NCDC tweeted: ''On the 1st of November 2020, 111 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
''Till date, 62964 cases have been confirmed, 58790 cases have been discharged and 1146 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 111 new cases are reported from 8 states- Lagos (49), FCT (30), Rivers (11), Plateau (10), Ogun (4), Kaduna (3), Oyo (3), Osun (1)
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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 21,238, followed by Abuja (6,118), Plateau (3,6450, Oyo (3,451), Rivers (2,831), Edo (2,666), Kaduna (2,655), Ogun (2,047), Delta (1,814), Kano (1,747), Ondo (1,667), Enugu (1,314), Kwara (1,069), Ebonyi (1,049), Katsina (952), Gombe (937). Osun (929), Abia (898), Borno (745), and Bauchi (713).
111 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 1, 2020
Lagos-49
FCT-30
Rivers-11
Plateau-10
Ogun-4
Kaduna-3
Oyo-3
Osun-1
62,964 confirmed
58,790 discharged
1,146 deaths pic.twitter.com/m0m6Dr5E6C
Imo State has recorded 617 cases, Benue (493), Nasarawa (482), Bayelsa (413), Ekiti (335), Jigawa (325), Akwa Ibom (295), Anambra (277), Niger (274), Adamawa (257), Sokoto (165), Taraba (146), Kebbi (93), Cross River (87), Yobe (82), Zamfara (79), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.
