Coronavirus in Nigeria update

Nigeria has recorded an additional 617 coronavirus cases according to the latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC made the revelation during its nightly update on coronavirus in Nigeria via its Twitter handle on their 12th of December.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 72,757 confirmed The centre also stated that 65,850 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,190 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigerians as of the night of Saturday, 12th of December was 5, 713

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “617 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-225
FCT-181
Kaduna-125
Adamawa-25
Nasarawa-20
Kano-12
Rivers-8
Edo-4
Ekiti-4
Bayelsa-3
Ogun-3
Plateau-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Delta-1
Sokoto-1

72,757 confirmed
65,850 discharged
1,194″

617 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-225
FCT-181
Kaduna-125
Adamawa-25
Nasarawa-20
Kano-12
Rivers-8
Edo-4
Ekiti-4
Bayelsa-3
Ogun-3
Plateau-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Delta-1
Sokoto-1

72,757 confirmed
65,850 discharged
1,194 deaths pic.twitter.com/I2OpOaX7Gd

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 12, 2020

Our discharges today include 74 community recoveries in Lagos State and 44 community recoveries in Kaduna State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/nWbvcC3dHX

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 12, 2020