According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, 179 new cases of the coronavirus has been confirmed in the country.

On Wednesday,  October 14, 179 new cases of Coronavirus was recorded in Nigeria according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) .

The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-116, Anambra-20, FCT-9, Oyo-9, Rivers-9, Delta-3, Nasarawa-3, Edo-2, Kaduna-2, Ogun-2, Plateau-2, Ekiti-1, Osun-1.

There are now 60,834 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria and 1,116 deaths have been recorded. 52,143 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.