The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 20 new COVID-19 related deaths with 604 new cases of infections in the country.
This was confirmed in a tweet by the agency via its official Twitter account on Thursday night.
The data from the NCDC further showed that the latest COVID-19 infections were reported in twenty states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with Lagos State, the country’s epicentre for the disease, having the highest number of infected people – 203.
Other States with new infections are: Oyo- 87 FCT-79, Osun-35, Ogun-24, Rivers-22, Kaduna-22, Akwa Ibom-20, Plateau-18, Delta-9, Ebonyi-9, Imo-8, Enugu-5, Kano-5, Cross River-5, Katsina-4, Nasarawa-3, Borno-2, Ekiti-2, and Bauchi-1.
With the new infections the Nigeria’s total infections now stands at 38,948,Meanwhile, a total of 16,061havw been treated successfully and discharged from different Isolation Centers across the country.
Unfortunately, 833 people have lost their lives to the deadly pandemic.
