Nigeria has confirmed 674 cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, confirmed the cases on Thursday night via its official website.
The NCDC also noted that eight COVID related deaths were recorded in the country
NCDC noted that the 674 new cases are reported from 17 states- “Lagos (355), Rivers (87), FCT (38), Ogun (33) Akwa Ibom (32), Oyo (32), Edo (22), Ekiti (20), Kwara (17), Delta (12), Bayelsa (8), Gombe (5) Kaduna (4), Osun (4), Enugu (2) Nasarawa (2), and Plateau (1).”
These latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases to 185,267 with 167,923 discharged and 2244 deaths.
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