Nigeria has confirmed 754 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases on Friday via its official Facebook page.
The NCDC explained that the new cases were recorded from 12 States- “Lagos-595, FCT-68, Imo-49, Edo-3, Oyo-9, Delta-5, Katsina-4, Kano-3, Plateau-3, Ekiti-2, Gombe-2, Rivers-1”
“Today’s report includes: 595 Confirmed cases reported for Lagos state for 08th (294) & 09th (301) December 2021, 68 Confirmed cases reported for FCT for 08th (28) & 09th (40) December 2021, 5 Confirmed cases reported for Delta state for 08th December 2021, 16 Discharged cases reported for FCT is for 08th December 2021, 1 Discharged case reported for Lagos state for 06th December 2021, 1 Death case reported for Lagos state is for 06th December 2021, 4 States with Zero Cases Reported: Ondo, Ogun, Osun and Sokoto” the NCDC added.
These latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 215,918 with 207,619 discharged and 2,981 COVID-19 related deaths.
