Amid concerns of a second wave of Covid-19 infections, Nigeria’s daily count of positive cases has increased again.
Jomog News Nigeria records that the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 390 new coronavirus (COVID-19), infections in the country.
According to the figures released by the NCDC so far, this is the country’s highest daily count since August 22 when 601 new infections were recorded — at the time, Nigeria had confirmed 51,905 cases but 38,767 people had recovered.
The NCDC made this known on its Twitter page.
FCT and Gombe were top of the list on Monday, with 89 new infections each, followed by Kaduna with 62 cases.
“Kaduna State recorded 62 new cases, while Lagos State recorded 35 new cases.
“Others were- Kwara (15), Borno (13), Nasarawa (10), Rivers (10), Bauchi (8), Ogun (8), Osun (7), Bayelsa (7), Kano (7), Edo (6), Taraba (6), Ekiti (5), Katsina (5), Akwa Ibom (4), Delta (3), and Sokoto (1),” it said.
The agency recorded an additional COVID-19 related death, bringing the total number of deaths in the 36 states of the country to 1,181 and the Federal Capital Territory
It said that the new infections have brought the total number of cases in the country to 69,645.
The public health agency stated that the new infections spread across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
390 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-89
Gombe-89
Kaduna-62
Lagos-35
Kwara-15
Borno-13
Nasarawa-10
Rivers-10
Bauchi-8
Ogun-8
Osun-7
Bayelsa-7
Kano-7
Edo-6
Taraba-6
Ekiti-5
Katsina-5
Akwa Ibom-4
Delta-3
Sokoto-169,645 confirmed
64,947 discharged
1,181 deaths pic.twitter.com/IyYB25gx40— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 8, 2020
