A total of 429 Covid-19 patients have been discharged across Nigeria in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of recoveries so far to 42,439 nationwide.
New Covid-19 cases have been reported in 16 states with 216 infections confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 54,463
Plateau State has 59 new Covid-19 cases;
Rivers-27; Abia-22; Lagos-20; Oyo-18; Enugu-17; Kaduna and FCT-11 each; Ogun-10; Ebonyi, Osun and Ekiti-4 each; Delta and Edo-3 each; Akwa Ibom-2 and Bauchi-1
There are 4 new Covid-19 fatalities reported in Nigeria with the national death toll now 1,027 from 36 states and Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)