Nigeria records 246 cases of COVID-19, toll now 67,220

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 246 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 67,220.

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

“On the 27th of November 2020, 246 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

Till date, 67,220 cases have been confirmed, 62,686 cases have been discharged and 1,171 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 246 new cases are reported from 10 states- Lagos (81), FCT (73), Plateau(39), Kaduna (25), Ogun (13), Bauchi (5), Rivers (4) Ekiti (2), Taraba (2) and Kano (2),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	23,164	965	21,979	220
FCT	6,744	660	6,001	83
Plateau	3,852	148	3,670	34
Oyo	3,721	333	3,343	45
Kaduna	3,044	248	2,749	47
Rivers	2,973	108	2,806	59
Edo	2,696	15	2,570	111
Ogun	2,215	157	2,025	33
Delta	1,824	38	1,737	49
Kano	1,791	38	1,699	54
Ondo	1,728	103	1,585	40
Enugu	1,332	21	1,290	21
Kwara	1,096	29	1,039	28
Ebonyi	1,055	6	1,019	30
Katsina	1,014	42	948	24
Osun	945	5	919	21
Gombe	938	56	857	25
Abia	926	9	908	9
Bauchi	770	30	726	14
Borno	745	4	705	36
Imo	662	37	613	12
Benue	496	25	460	11
Nasarawa	488	150	325	13
Bayelsa	445	42	382	21
Ekiti	359	19	334	6
Akwa Ibom	339	19	311	9
Jigawa	331	12	308	11
Niger	296	8	276	12
Anambra	285	1	265	19
Adamawa	261	4	238	19
Sokoto	165	0	148	17
Taraba	159	14	139	6
Yobe	94	12	74	8
Kebbi	93	1	84	8
Cross River	90	3	78	9
Zamfara	79	1	73	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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