COVID-19: Nigeria records 917 new cases, as total exceed 90,000

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 917 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 90,080.

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

Data from the health agency (NCDC) reveals that 255 coronavirus patients who have been successfully treated in some of the isolation centres were discharged after receiving their second negative result while 9 new deaths were recorded increasing the nation’s death toll from the virus to 1,311.

The 917 new cases are reported from 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

FCT tops the day’s infection chart with 222 new cases followed by Lagos -214 and Kaduna -119.

Other states with new infections include Plateau -92, Nasarawa -50, Oyo -41, Adamawa -33, Ondo -32, Abia -28, Ogun -19, Rivers -17, Kano -16, Yobe -14, Edo -8, Anambra -6, Ekiti -5 and Jigawa -1

Till date, 90,080 cases have been confirmed, 75,044 cases have been discharged and 1,311 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.