The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 118 new coronavirus infections in nine states and the federal capital territory.

The new cases, which were confirmed in the agency’s update for October 19, 2020, represented a slight decrease from the figure on Sunday, when 133 new cases were recorded.

Lagos was first on the list of states with 51 new positive samples, while Rivers followed with 26 cases, and Imo recorded the third most cases for Monday with 12 infections.

However, after nine deaths recorded within the past 72 hours, no new fatality was confirmed on Monday, leaving the current toll at 1,125.

With 86 people discharged on Monday, the number of total recoveries has now risen to 56,697.

The country is gradually inching close to 600,000 tested samples, out of which 61,558 have been confirmed positive, but 3,736 are still active infections.

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