Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Tuesday, December 29 announced 749 new coronavirus cases, 580 successfully treated patients and 3 casualties.
The health agency made the announcement via its Twitter page with the new cases recorded in 17 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The breakdown of the new cases are as follows; Lagos-299, Plateau-131, Kaduna-83, FCT-74, Kwara-35, Sokoto-26, Edo-18, Kano-17, Katsina-16, Delta-11, Nasarawa-10, Ondo-9, Bauchi-9, Rivers-5, Akwa Ibom-3, Jigawa-1, Osun-1 and Ekiti-1.
749 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-299
Plateau-131
Kaduna-83
FCT-74
Kwara-35
Sokoto-26
Edo-18
Kano-17
Katsina-16
Delta-11
Nasarawa-10
Ondo-9
Bauchi-9
Rivers-5
Akwa Ibom-3
Jigawa-1
Osun-1
Ekiti-185,560 confirmed
71,937 discharged
1,267 deaths pic.twitter.com/fWlJdFbFdj— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 29, 2020
With the new toll, the total number of cases in the country has now increased from 84,811 to 85,560 while figures of discharged patients moved from 71,357 to 71,937.
A total of 1,267 deaths have now been recorded thus far in Africa’s most populous country as 6 new deaths was reported in the last 24 hours.
Our discharges today include 279 community recoveries in Lagos State and 106 community recoveries in FCT managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/htsuW0b5Xb
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 29, 2020
