The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 550 new COVID-19 infections, the highest figure to be recorded in a 24 hour window in recent times.
With the new figure, the total infections in the country has risen to 70,195.
According to the NCDC update for Tuesday, December 8, 163 persons were discharged on the day in review while one person died.
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The update read: “On the 8th of December 2020, 550 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria.
“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).”
