Nigeria is gradually inching towards the total of 100,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases in less than 24 hours. This follows 1,585 new infections reported in 26 states that have taken the total so far to 99,063.
Lagos has 573 news Covid-19 cases; FCT-182; Plateau-162; Gombe-81; Oyo-75; Rivers-68; Sokoto-58; Ondo-55; Ogun-42; Nasarawa-40; Akwa Ibom-36 and Edo-31.
Kaduna has 27 new Covid-19 cases; Anambra-22; Delta-19; Kano and Osun-17 each; Ebonyi-16; Katsina and Niger-14 each; Bayelsa-9; EKiti-8; Borno-7; Jigawa-5; Abia-4 and Bauchi-3.
There are 865 Covid-19 patients discharged across Nigeria in the last 24 hours with community recoveries in Lagos State-419, Gombe State-117 and Plateau State-123. The total number of successfully treated cases now 79,417.
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Meanwhile, 8 more persons have died of Covid-19 related complications in Nigeria in the last 24 hours with the national death toll put at 1,350.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
