Nigeria records 999 new COVID-19 infections as NCDC lists states by states breakdown

crimechadmin December 23, 2020

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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced nine hundred ninety nine (999) new cases of Coronavirus infections in the country.

This was made known through a statement released via its official Twitter account Tuesday evening.

According to the statement FCT recorded 416 new COVID-19 infections, followed by Lagos State with 324 new cases and Kaduna State with 68 new infections.

FCT-416
Lagos-324
Kaduna-68
Plateau-42
Kwara-32
Kano-24
Gombe-14
Sokoto-12
Yobe-12
Akwa Ibom-11
Bayelsa-10
Rivers-7
Bauchi-7
Ogun-6
Oyo-5
Edo-4
Taraba-4
Jigawa-1

Jigawa, Taraba, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Bauchi, and Rivers States all recorded l2ss than 10 new cases of Coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours.

The statement also revealed that total number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria is now 79, 779. Out these cases 68,879 have been treated and discharged from Isolation Centres across Nigeria, while
1,231 deaths have been recorded so far