Covid-19: NCDC Records 999 New Cases

Covid-19: NCDC Records 999 New Cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded nine hundred and ninety-nine (999) new cases of coronavirus.

The new cases were confirmed in a post on the agency Twitter handle on Tuesday night.

The new cases of COVID-19 reported by the NCDC bring Nigeria’s total confirmed cases to 79,789, with 68,879 patients discharged.

The country has also recorded 1,231 deaths from the deadly virus.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states:

999 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-416

Lagos-324

Kaduna-68

Plateau-42

Kwara-32

Kano-24

Gombe-14

Sokoto-12

Yobe-12

Akwa Ibom-11

Bayelsa-10

Rivers-7

Bauchi-7

Ogun-6

Oyo-5

Edo-4

Taraba-4

Jigawa-1

79,789 confirmed

68,879 discharged

1,231 deaths