Nigeria has confirmed 791 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.
Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases on Friday morning via its official website.
NCDC also noted that 8 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the country.
“The 791 new cases are reported from 14 States- Lagos (523), FCT (84), Oyo (48), Ondo (35), Kano (22), Borno (16), Delta (15), Edo (15), Ogun (9), Jigawa (7), Bauchi (6), Plateau (5), Rivers (4) and Bayelsa (2),” NCDC added
These latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases to 246,195 with 217,509 discharged and 3066 deaths.
