The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday confirmed 999 new Coronavirus infections.
The agency disclosed this in a post on its website late Tuesday night.
It said four deaths were recorded in the country on the day in review.
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The NCDC update also revealed that 396 persons were certified fully recovered from the disease and consequently discharged from various treatment centres in the country.
Among those discharged were 254 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
The update read: “On the 22nd of December 2020, 999 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 79789 cases have been confirmed, 68879 cases have been discharged and 1231 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 999 new cases are reported from 18 states- 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) and Jigawa (1).”
