COVID-19: Nigeria Tally Hits 70,195 and 550 New Infections Recorded

''Till date, 70,195 cases have been confirmed, 65,110 cases have been discharged and 1,182 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,'' NCDC reveals.

Joy Kalu Joy Kalu
Dec 9, 2020 - 02:12 Updated: Dec 9, 2020 - 02:46
COVID-19: Nigeria Tally Hits 70,195 and 550 New Infections Recorded
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 550 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country.

NCDC stated this via its verified Twitter handle on Tuesday night.

The health agency said that the 550 new cases had taken the total number of infections in Nigeria to 70,195.

It also disclosed that it recorded an additional COVID-19 related death to take the total number of fatalities in Nigeria to 1,182.

NCDC tweeted: ''On the 8th of December 2020, 550 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.

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''Till date, 70,195 cases have been confirmed, 65,110 cases have been discharged and 1,182 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 550 new cases are reported from 17 states- Lagos (219), FCT (168), Kaduna (52), Kwara (19), Kano (15), Rivers (15), Sokoto (10), Enugu(9), Gombe ( 8 ), Plateau (7), Osun (7), Anambra (5), Oyo (5), Jigawa (4), Ogun (4), Bauchi (2) and Edo (1).

A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 24,104, followed by Abuja (7,536), Plateau (3,921), Oyo (3,747), Kaduna (3,501), Rivers (3,070), Edo (2,724), Ogun (2,270), Kano (1,841), Delta (1,827), Ondo (1,728), Enugu (1,341),  Kwara (1,144), Katsina (1,069), Ebonyi (1,055), Gombe (1,035), Osun (961), Abia (926), Bauchi (792), and Borno (758).

Imo State has recorded 681 cases, Nasarawa (531), Benue (501), Bayelsa (465),  Ekiti (386), Akwa Ibom (362), Jigawa (340), Niger (298), Anambra (290), Adamawa (261), Sokoto (182), Taraba (181), Yobe (100), Kebbi (93), Cross River (90), Zamfara (79), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.

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