The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has just announced 260 new cases of COVID-19 and increase in deaths to 354.
While the total number of cases stood at 12486 with 3959 recoveries and 354 fatalities.
The agency tweeted thus; ” As at 11:50pm, there were 260 new cases, 12486 total cases, 3959 discharged, and 354 deaths of #COVID19Nigeria have occurred in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory”.
The 260 new cases are reported from 19 states- Abia(67), FCT(40), Lagos(38), Ogun(19), Gombe(16), Edo(14), Imo(9), Kwara(8), Katsina(8), Nasarawa(8), Borno(8), Kaduna(6), Bauchi(5), Ekiti(4), Niger(2), Ondo(2), Plateau(2), Kano(2),Sokoto(2).
However, from the data released, no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.