The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, announced 1,016 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country.
The health agency disclosed that Lagos had the highest record of the fresh cases with-434, FCT-155, Plateau-94, Kaduna-56, Rivers-56, Oyo-30, Nasarawa-27, Zamfara-25, Abia-22, Enugu-18, Kano-18, Bayelsa-15, Edo-14, Ogun-11, Borno-10, Ebonyi-10, Jigawa-7, Anambra-4, Delta-3, Niger-3 and Osun-3.
The agency said 11 deaths occurred in the country in the last 24 hours, as the fatality figure increased from 1,267 on Tuesday to 1,278 on Wednesday.
The data from the agency disclosed that 1,385 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours as the figure of discharged cases stood at 73,322 while 11,976 cases were still active in the country.
NCDC explained that the discharges on Wednesday included 537 community recoveries in FCT, 459 in Lagos State and 78 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.
Total confirmed cases in Nigeria – 86,576
Total discharged cases – 73,322
Total deaths – 1,278
Breakdown of total cases by state is as follows:
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