The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced 930 new cases of Coronavirus infection in Nigeria, bringing the nation’s overall infections figure to 75,062.
The agency said Lagos State recorded the highest number of new infections with 279 cases followed by Abuja with 179 cases.
Meanwhile, it said the 930 new cases were reported from 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
On the positive side, the NCDC’s daily update on its website showed that 281 persons were discharged on Wednesday after being certified free of the virus.
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The disease control body said among the discharges were 106 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
The update read: “On the 16th of December 2020, 930 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 75062 cases have been confirmed, 66775 cases have been discharged and 1200 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 930 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (279), FCT (179), Plateau (62), Kaduna (54), Kano (52), Katsina (52), Imo (42), Jigawa (42), Rivers (38), Kwara (30), Nasarawa (19), Yobe (15), Ogun (13), Borno (10), Oyo (9), Niger (9), Ebonyi (6), Bauchi (6), Edo (5), Taraba (4), Sokoto (2) and Cross River (2).
