The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Thursday, recorded a total of one thousand and forty-one, 1041, new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country.
The NCDC also recorded six additional COVID-19 related deaths.
Announcing the figure via its official Tweeter handle Thursday night, the NCDC said Lagos State and FCT recorded 316 and 210 cases, respectively, while Kaduna State followed with 83 cases.
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Nigeria now has a total of 81,963 confirmed cases and 1242 deaths, while discharged 69651.
“1041 new #COVID19 cases
Lagos-316
FCT-210
Kaduna-83
Plateau-70
Gombe-56
Oyo-56
Katsina-47
Nasarawa-35
Kano-33
Ogun-21
Rivers-17
Niger-14
Imo-14
Delta-12
Kwara-12
Edo-12
Benue-9
Anambra-8
Anambra-8
Taraba-4
Ekiti-4
Ebonyi-6
Bayelsa-1
Sokoto-1
81963 confirmed
69651 discharged
1242 deaths.” the tweet reads.