Lagos State and Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria are leading in the rising COVID-19 cases.
In the latest figure dished out by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday, Lagos and FCT recorded 459 and 145 cases respectively.
NCDC tweeted “On the 17th of December 2020, 1,145 new confirmed cases and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria.
“The 1,145 new cases are reported from 24 states- Lagos (459), FCT (145), Kaduna (138), Plateau (80), Katsina (70), Gombe (52), Niger (31), Kano (23), Bayelsa (21), Bauchi (18), Ondo (18), Rivers (17), Ogun (12), Oyo (12), Edo (8), Nasarawa (8), Ebonyi (7), Osun (6), Ekiti (5), Kebbi (5), Borno (4), Jigawa (3), Akwa Ibom (2), and Anambra (1).”
According to the health agency, “Till date, 76,207 cases have been confirmed, 67,110 cases have been discharged and 1,201 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.”
