Nigeria recorded cases of coronavirus beyond 1,500 for the third consecutive day on Friday, data has revealed.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which is responsible for the management of disease outbreaks in the country released the data on their official twitter account last night.
It disclosed that 1,544 new cases were reported from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours.
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The agency had confirmed 1,565 and 1,664 new cases on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
While Friday’s figure was the third-highest since the outbreak of the disease in February 2020, Lagos topped the states with new infections, reporting 739 more cases.
It was followed by Plateau and the FCT which reported 168 and 153 new cases while the others had infections less than 100.
They include Oyo – 91, Nasarawa – 90, Rivers – 80, Kaduna – 35, Edo – 33, Kano – 29, Ogun – 21, Delta – 19, Sokoto – 16, and Ebonyi – 11.
Others are Akwa Ibom – 11, Enugu – 10, Osun – 10, Niger – nine, Bauchi – eight, Kebbi – eight, Katsina – two, and Taraba – one
1544 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-739
Plateau-168
FCT-153
Oyo-91
Nasarawa-90
Rivers-80
Kaduna-35
Edo-33
Kano-29
Ogun-21
Delta-19
Sokoto-16
Akwa Ibom-11
Ebonyi-11
Enugu-10
Osun-10
Niger-9
Bauchi-8
Kebbi-8
Katrina-2
Taraba-197,478 confirmed
78,552 discharged
1,342 deaths pic.twitter.com/gKOwQpoLJY— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 8, 2021
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