By Michael Olatunji
SUNRISE NEWS, Lagos, Aug 13, 2020 Lagos State led other 16 states of the federation in posting 453 new COVID-19 cases for Wednesday, confirming worries by the Presidential Task Force that Nigeria is not yet out of the woods yet.
No deaths were however recorded in the country on Wednesday.
Till date, 47,743 cases have been confirmed, 33,943 cases have been discharged and 956 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The 453 new cases are reported from 16 states are – Lagos(113), FCT(72), Plateau(59), Enugu(55), Kaduna(38), Ondo(32), Osun(26), Ebonyi(20), Ogun(9), Delta(8), Borno(7), Akwa Ibom(6), Oyo(5), Bauchi(1), Kano(1) and Ekiti(1).