The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced that the country has recorded 385 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 217,866.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Facebook handle.
“385 new cases of COVID19Nigeria; FCT-116, Delta-115, Akwa Ibom-41, Ogun-33, Cross River-23, Edo-23, Kaduna-10, Rivers-7, Plateau-5, Bayelsa-5, Oyo-5, Kano-2.
“217,866 confirmed, 210,076 discharged , 2,983 deaths.
“Today’s report includes:
▪️116 cases reported for FCT are for 12th (17) and 13th (97) Dec 2021
▪️115 cases reported for Delta state are backlog from October (31), November (61), December 7th (4), 8th (6), 9th (5), 10th (2), and 12th (6)
▪️42 recoveries reported for FCT are for 12th (34) and 13th (😎 Dec 2021
▪️41 cases reported for Akwa Ibom state are backlog from 21st October (32), 9th (1), and 10th (😎
▪️ 0 case reported from Bauchi, Ekiti and Sokoto.”
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