The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Thursday confirmed 197 more COVID-19 cases even as the number of people who have recovered from the disease lean towards 44,000.
The agency in it’s latest data report on Twitter said the new infections were reported in twelve states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Plateau State again recorded the highest for the day with 83 fresh cases followed by Lagos State reporting 48 new cases.
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Other States with new Infections are; Kaduna – 17, FCT – 16, Ogun – 11, Katsina – 7, Imo –4 , Edo – 3, Nasarawa -3 Rivers – 2,Bayelsa -1,Oyo – 1 , Osun – 1.
According to the health agency, 43,810 persons of out of the 55,829 confirmed cases have been discharged.
However, 1,075 deaths have been recorded so far since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country
