NCDC Records 920 New Cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded nine-hundred and twenty new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Naija News reports that the disease control agency made this known in a post on Twitter on Saturday, December 19, 2020.

The newly confirmed cases bring Nigeria’s total infection to 77,933, with 67,784 discharged after recovering from the virus.

But the NCDC has also recorded 1,218 deaths since the disease found its way into Nigeria in February, 2020.

See the breakdown of states positive cases as Lagos maintains lead:

Lagos-308 FCT-207 Kaduna-179 Plateau-46 Niger-43 Adamawa-26 Sokoto-18 Rivers-16 Yobe-15 Enugu-13 Kano-13 Ogun-12 Delta-10 Edo-5 Osun-3 Oyo-3 Anambra-2 Ekiti-1.

920 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-308
FCT-207
Kaduna-179
Plateau-46
Niger-43
Adamawa-26
Sokoto-18
Rivers-16
Yobe-15
Enugu-13
Kano-13
Ogun-12
Delta-10
Edo-5
Osun-3
Oyo-3
Anambra-2
Ekiti-1

77,933 confirmed
67,784 discharged
1,218 deaths pic.twitter.com/51wz4Lw5JC

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 19, 2020