Nigeria confirms 1,016 new COVID-19 cases as total rises to 86,576

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,016 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 86,576.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday.

“1,016 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-434 FCT-155 Plateau-94 Kaduna-56 Rivers-56 Oyo-30 Nasarawa-27 Zamfara-25 Abia-22 Enugu-18 Kano-18 Bayelsa-15 Edo-14 Ogun-11 Borno-10 Ebonyi-10 Jigawa-7 Anambra-4 Delta-3 Niger-3 Osun-3.”

1,016 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-434
FCT-155
Plateau-94
Kaduna-56
Rivers-56
Oyo-30
Nasarawa-27
Zamfara-25
Abia-22
Enugu-18
Kano-18
Bayelsa-15
Edo-14
Ogun-11
Borno-10
Ebonyi-10
Jigawa-7
Anambra-4
Delta-3
Niger-3
Osun-3

86,576 confirmed
73,322 discharged
1,278 deaths pic.twitter.com/GnxSjSEAT2

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 30, 2020

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Nigeria confirms 1016 new COVID-19 cases as total rises to 86,576