Health officials in
Nigeria on Friday recorded two additional fatalities from the coronavirus
pandemic with 196 new cases of COVID-19 across 5 states and the Federal Capital
Territory.
The sudden spike in
cases has brought the nation's total infection from the coronavirus outbreak to 214, 513 while the deaths toll in the
country currently stands at 2,980.
This was contained in
an update shared by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC via its official website.
The health officials
also said a total of 207,403 Nigerians had been discharged across the country,
including 46 new recoveries reported in the past 24 hours.
There were 4,130 active
cases in Nigeria – up from 3,969 it was the previous day.
According to the breakdown of the newly recorded infections, Lagos reported most of the new infections with 138 cases, followed by Rivers with 23 cases, FCT with 18 cases, Imo with 15 cases while Bauchi and Gombe reported the lowest infections on Friday with 1 case each.
NCDC added that Plateau state recorded no COVID-19 cases on Friday.
