Nigeria Reports 5 Deaths, More Than 1,000 New Cases Of COVID-19

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,074 new cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

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In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 88,587 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Friday.

Lagos State lead the way with 642 followed by Kaduna and Rivers States with 92 and 78 respectively from the 1,074 new cases added on Friday.

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As at 22:46 on Friday, Nigeria had recorded 74,373 recoveries and a total of 1,294 deaths cases so far.

1074 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-642
Kaduna-92
Rivers-78
FCT-66
Gombe-66
Kano-35
Ogun-31
Katsina-22
Plateau-20
Abia-7
Niger-4
Oyo-4
Akwa Ibom-3
Delta-2
Osun-2

88,587 confirmed
74,373 discharged
1,294 deaths pic.twitter.com/7Ub06fgT8m

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 1, 2021