Covid-19: NCDC Records 796 New Cases.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday evening, 11th December 2020, has confirmed 796 new cases of Corona-virus disease infection in Nigeria.
The new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the health agency.
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 72,140 which includes 65,722 discharged cases and 1,190 deaths.
Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states
FCT-258
Lagos-248
Kaduna-117
Katsina-52
Ogun-27
Kwara-23
Gombe-22
Adamawa-17
Plateau-15
Kano-6
Rivers-2
Ondo-2
Ekiti-2
Nasarawa-2
Sokoto-2
Taraba-1
796 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
72,140 confirmed
65,722 discharged
1,190 deaths pic.twitter.com/TXvJqfOut6
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 11, 2020
In a related news, the Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, has called out some states of not conducting enough corona-virus (COVID-19) tests.
