Nigeria recorded 443 new cases of the novel COVID-19 which took the total infection case in the country to 45,687, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Friday.
Nigeria recorded 354 cases Thursday, but it increases to 443 on Friday. The death rate also increased from 930 to 936.
According to the health agency, Lagos state recorded the second highest number with 70 new cases compared to yesterday’s 76 numbers of cases which shows the numbers reduces drastically. Plateau state recorded the highest number with 103 cases as FCT recorded 60 new cases.
Here is the breakdown of the number of new cases of COVID-19 recorded today as stated by NCDC on their official Twitter page.
“443 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Plateau-103 Lagos-70 FCT-60 Ondo-35 Edo-27 Rivers-27 Kaduna-20 Osun-19 Borno-18 Oyo-18 Kwara-11 Adamawa-9 Nasarawa-7 Gombe-6 Bayelsa-4 Imo-4 Bauchi-2 Ogun-2 Kano-1 45,687 confirmed 32,637 discharged 936 deaths”