Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, December 22 announced 999 new coronavirus cases, 396 successfully treated patients and 4 deaths.
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; FCT-416, Lagos-324, Kaduna-68, Plateau-42, Kwara-32, Kano-24, Gombe-14, Sokoto-12, Yobe-12, Akwa Ibom-11, Bayelsa-10, Rivers-7, Bauchi-7, Ogun-6, Oyo-5, Edo-4, Taraba-4 and Jigawa-1.
999 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-416
Lagos-324
Kaduna-68
Plateau-42
Kwara-32
Kano-24
Gombe-14
Sokoto-12
Yobe-12
Akwa Ibom-11
Bayelsa-10
Rivers-7
Bauchi-7
Ogun-6
Oyo-5
Edo-4
Taraba-4
Jigawa-179,789 confirmed
68,879 discharged
1,231 deaths pic.twitter.com/QguEe6Sqq1— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 22, 2020
Our discharges today include 254 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/ml9TO1I3fp
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 22, 2020
With the new toll, the total number of cases in the country has now increased from 78,790 to 79,789 while figures of discharged patients moved from 68,483 to 68,879.
A total of 1,231 deaths have now been recorded thus far in Africa’s most populous country as 4 new deaths was reported in the last 24 hours.
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