Nigeria has recorded an additional 796 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 11th of December.
According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 72,140 confirmed The centre also stated that 65,722 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 Friday, 11th of December was 5,228
Taking to it’s Instagram page, NCDC tweets: “796 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-258
Lagos-248
Kaduna-117
Katsina-52
Ogun-27
Kwara-23
Gombe-22
Adamawa-17
Plateau-15
Kano-6
Rivers-2
Ondo-2
Ekiti-2
Nasarawa-2
Sokoto-2
Taraba-1
72,140 confirmed
65,722 discharged
1,190 deaths
796 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-258
Lagos-248
Kaduna-117
Katsina-52
Ogun-27
Kwara-23
Gombe-22
Adamawa-17
Plateau-15
Kano-6
Rivers-2
Ondo-2
Ekiti-2
Nasarawa-2
Sokoto-2
Taraba-172,140 confirmed
65,722 discharged
1,190 deaths pic.twitter.com/TXvJqfOut6— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 11, 2020
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/HU1BV8cHSc
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 11, 2020
