COVID-19: Nigeria records 806 new cases, as total exceed 77,000

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 806 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 77,013.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday.

Data from the health agency (NCDC) reveals that 374 coronavirus patients who have been successfully treated in some of the isolation centres were discharged after receiving their second negative result while 11 new deaths were recorded increasing the nation’s death toll from the virus to 1,212.

The 806 new cases are reported from 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos the epicentre of the virus in the country recorded 287 new infections followed by FCT -255.

Other states with new cases include Kaduna -36, Akwa Ibom -29, Katsina -25, Rivers -25, Kwara -21, Bauchi -19, Kano -15, Ondo -14, Plateau -13, Yobe -12, Nasarawa -11, Ebonyi -9, Gombe -8, Abia -7, Delta 4, Imo -4, Osun -3, Anambra -2, Borno -2, Cross River -1, Edo 1, Ekiti -1, Jigawa -1, and Ogun -1.

Till date, 77,013 cases have been confirmed, 67,484 cases have been discharged and 1,212 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.