Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 501 new cases of coronavirus infection in Nigeria

Nigeria has recorded an additional 501 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 20 December 2020.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 78,434 confirmed The centre also stated that 68,303 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,221 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 Wednesday, 20 December was 8,910

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “501 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-218
FCT-112
Kaduna-53
Plateau-24
Katsina-21
Kano-16
Yobe-14
Ondo-10
Ogun-9
Edo-7
Bayelsa-5
Rivers-4
Borno-4
Osun-2
Ekiti-2

78,434 confirmed
68,303 discharged
1,221 deaths”

501 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-218
FCT-112
Kaduna-53
Plateau-24
Katsina-21
Kano-16
Yobe-14
Ondo-10
Ogun-9
Edo-7
Bayelsa-5
Rivers-4
Borno-4
Osun-2
Ekiti-2

78,434 confirmed
68,303 discharged
1,221 deaths pic.twitter.com/pkxzCyxEGm

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 20, 2020

Our discharges today include 208 community recoveries in FCT, 126 in Kaduna State and 35 in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.

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

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 20, 2020