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Nigeria records 675 new COVID-19 cases, total now 71,344

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 675 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 71,344.

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

“On the 10th of December 2020, 675 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths was recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 71,344 cases have been confirmed, 65,474 cases have been discharged and 1,190 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 675 new cases are reported from 16 states- FCT (183), Lagos (128), Kaduna (85), Kwara (57), Katsina (50), Plateau (42), Rivers (39), Kano (33), Ondo (21), Ogun (17), Bauchi (10), Sokoto (5), Edo (2), Ekiti (1), Bayelsa (1), and Delta(1),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases bt state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 24,366 902 23,235 229
FCT 7,899 1,523 6,292 84
Plateau 3,979 89 3,856 34
Oyo 3,747 339 3,363 45
Kaduna 3,586 369 3,170 47
Rivers 3,114 168 2,886 60
Edo 2,726 32 2,581 113
Ogun 2,292 152 2,107 33
Kano 1,874 101 1,717 56
Delta 1,828 42 1,737 49
Ondo 1,749 84 1,624 41
Enugu 1,355 21 1,313 21
Kwara 1,203 97 1,076 30
Katsina 1,119 89 1,006 24
Ebonyi 1,055 6 1,019 30
Gombe 1,047 90 932 25
Osun 962 15 926 21
Abia 926 9 908 9
Bauchi 802 24 764 14
Borno 758 17 705 36
Imo 681 24 645 12
Nasarawa 539 201 325 13
Benue 501 30 460 11
Bayelsa 466 57 388 21
Ekiti 389 28 355 6
Akwa Ibom 362 29 324 9
Jigawa 340 21 308 11
Niger 298 4 282 12
Anambra 290 6 265 19
Adamawa 287 30 238 19
Taraba 195 27 161 7
Sokoto 189 21 151 17
Kebbi 138 15 115 8
Yobe 108 14 86 8
Cross River 90 3 78 9
Zamfara 79 1 73 5
Kogi 5 0 3 2

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