COVID-19 In Nigeria: One Death Recorded, 404 New Cases Confirmed

COVID-19 In Nigeria: There Were 404 New Confirmed Cases And One New Death On Sunday, December 19.

In the latest health news in Nigeria, there has been one new additional COVID-19-related death in Nigeria. This brings the total number of deaths to 2985.

Oyo State recorded the highest number of COVID-19 in Nigeria cases. 12 states recorded about 404 new cases. This was the update released by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, December 20.

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The record of 26 COVID-19 related deaths reported on October 25 still remains the highest in recent time.

Oyo State leads with a huge record of 122 new cases. The FCT follows with a record of 84 confirmed new cases while Lagos State follows with 52 new cases.

See the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, recorded from Sunday, December 19.

Oyo – 122.

FCT – 84.

Lagos – 52.

Kaduna – 51.

Imo – 20.

Delta – 18.

Kano – 17.

Kwara – 16.

Rivers – 11.

Enugu – 10.

Ogun – 2.

Edo – 1.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control said these new cases increased the number of cases to 223,905.

The total number of deaths is currently 2, 985.

Active cases: 9,383.

However, the NCDC reports a record of 211,537 COVID-19 patients who have recovered and have been discharged.

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Again, the agency has lauded the activities of the National Emergency Operations Centre.

It added that a multi-sectoral National Emergency Operations Centre activated at Level 2 had coordinated the national response.