The death toll due to the coronavirus
infection in Nigeria stands at 2,769 and the number of cumulative COVID-19 cases
stood at 208,797.
As many as 99 patients recovered in the last
24 hours, health officials said. Currently, a total of 196,425 patients have recovered
from the disease and discharged across the country.
The active caseload
increased by 66 on Friday. Now stands at 9,603.
Among the latest
cases, the data showed 68 are in Rivers, 43 in FCT and 24 in Lagos.
Plateau had 10, Niger had
8, Edo had 5, Kano had 4, Benue and Oyo reported 2 cases each and Delta had 1 case.
Today’s report
includes six states with zero cases reported: Benue, Gombe, Ogun, Osun, Ondo,
and Sokoto, according to NCDC.
