The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday night, announced 1114 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country.
The health agency disclosed that Lagos had the highest record of the fresh cases with-408, FCT-95, Plateau-90, Ondo-66, Kaduna-63, Oyo-56, Borno-46, Imo-42, Edo-41, Ogun-37, Rivers-31, Ekiti-25, Yobe-20, Kano-18, Akwa Ibom-18, Delta-15, Osun-15, Kwara-11, Bayelsa-6, Nasarawa-6, Zamfara-4 and Bauchi-1.
The data from the agency disclosed that 27 deaths, the highest daily yet, occurred in the country in the last 24 hours, as the fatality figure increased from 1,550 on Thursday to 1,577 on Friday.
The agency said 1,269 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours as the figure of discharged cases stood at 102,780 while 24,317 cases were still active in the country.
The agency noted that a backlog of 26 discharged cases in Akwa Ibom State. It added that data from Ondo State is for the last two days.
NCDC further explained that the discharges on Friday included 713 community recoveries in Lagos State, 124 in Plateau State and 118 in Kaduna state.
Total confirmed cases in Nigeria – 128,674
Total discharged cases – 102,780
Total deaths – 1,577
Breakdown of total cases by state is as follows:
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