The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 19 new Covid-19 fatalities in the country with the death toll now over 500.
NCDC has also confirmed 661 new Covid-19 infections in 14 states as the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria jumps to 19,808
The breakdown of the new infections includes Lagos-230, Rivers-127, Delta-83, FCT-60, Oyo-51, Edo-31, Bayelsa-27, Kaduna-25, Plateau-13, Ondo-6 Nasarawa-3, Ekiti and
Kano-2 each, Borno-1.
There are 137 Covid-19 patients that have been discharged from treatment centres across Nigeria in last 24 hours. This brings the total number of successfully treated Covid-19 patients to 6,718.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)