Edo Michael
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,547 new cases of COVID-19.
The agency in its update for December 26th in her official social media handle on Facebook said the new cases were logged in nine states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The states include FCT (806), Lagos (401), Borno (166), Oyo (78), Ogun (47), Osun (30), Ekiti (7), Katsina (7), Kano (4), and Jigawa (1).
The NCDC said 193 persons were discharged after recovering from the infection. There were eight deaths on Friday, the brings the country’s death toll to a total of 3,022.
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The agency said the report includes “806 confirmed cases reported from FCT for 24th (additional 128 cases), 25th (302) & 26th (376) December; 166 confirmed cases for 24th December and backlogs of 159 cases reported from Borno state; 32 discharged cases reported from FCT for 25th (20) & 26th (12) December; 3 deaths reported from FCT for 25th (2) & 26th (1) December”.
Nigeria has now confirmed a total of 237,561 cases with 212,550 discharges.