COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, swept across 21 Nigerian states including Federal Capital Territory, peaking to an all-high 930 new cases, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed.
Of the number, Lagos was leading the pandemic chart with 279 followed by FCT and Plateau State with 179 and 62 cases respectively.
“On the 16th of December 2020, 930 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria.
The 930 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (279), FCT (179), Plateau (62), Kaduna (54), Kano (52), Katsina (52), Imo (42), Jigawa (42), Rivers (38), Kwara (30), Nasarawa (19), Yobe (15), Ogun (13), Borno (10), Oyo (9), Niger (9), Ebonyi (6), Bauchi (6), Edo (5), Taraba (4), Sokoto (2) and Cross River (2),” NCDC stated in its Twitter handle.
On the COVID-19 caseloads, the health agency recalled “Till date, 75,062 cases have been confirmed, 66,775 cases have been discharged and 1,200 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC) activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”
930 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-279
FCT-179
Plateau-62
Kaduna-54
Kano-52
Katsina-52
Imo-42
Jigawa-42
Rivers-38
Kwara-30
Nasarawa-19
Yobe-15
Ogun-13
Borno-10
Oyo-9
Niger-9
Ebonyi-6
Bauchi-6
Edo-5
Taraba-4
Sokoto-2
Cross River-2
Meanwhile, it has affirmed that “Our discharges today include 106 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.”