May 14, 2026

Rivers tops as NCDC reports 120 news cases of coronavirus

By Muhammad A. Aliyu

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, October 5th, announced 120 new cases of COVID-19.

According to NCDC, the new cases were spread across 12 states and FCT.

The states with the 120 new cases are;

  1. Rivers-65
  2. FCT-12
  3. Ogun-9
  4. Katsina-8
  5. Anambra-7
  6. Bauchi-5
  7. Oyo-5
  8. Nasarawa-3
  9. Kaduna-2
  10. Kwara-1
  11. Taraba-1
  12. Imo-1
  13. Delta-1

NCDC also announced that as of 11:10 pm on 5th October, there are 59,465 total COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Nigeria.

50,951 patients have been discharged with 1,113 deaths across the country.

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