The total number of Coronavirus cases in Nigeria hit 56,017 on Friday as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 188 additional cases in the country.
The NCDC also said that one new fatality was recorded thereby raising the total fatalities to 1,076.
On the positive side, the health agency disclosed that 43,998, patients have been discharged after making full recovery.
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The latest update posted by the health body on its official Twitter account late Friday night, said the 188 fresh cases were reported from 18 states and the FCT.
Lagos led with 47 cases followed by Enugu, 25 and Plateau, 21.
Others include; FCT (14), Abia (11), Delta (10), Bauchi (8), Ondo (8), Kaduna (8), Ogun (6), Imo (5), Benue (4), Katsina (4), Taraba (4), Edo (3), Kwara (3), Oyo (3), Rivers (2) and Yobe (2)
