Nigeria Records 999 New COVID-19 Cases As Infections Rise To 79,789, Deaths Now 1,231(Breakdown here)

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 999 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 79,789.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday.

“On the 22nd of December 2020, 999 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 79789 cases have been confirmed, 68879 cases have been discharged and 1231 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory

“The 999 new cases are reported from 18 states- FCT (416), Lagos (324), Kaduna (68), Plateau (42), Kwara (32), Kano (24), Gombe (14), Sokoto (12), Yobe (12), Akwa Ibom (11), Bayelsa (10), Rivers (7), Bauchi (7), Ogun (6), Oyo (5), Edo (4), Taraba (4) and Jigawa (1),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths

Lagos 27,091 2,503 24,350 238

FCT 10,122 3,303 6,726 93

Kaduna 4,628 618 3,960 50

Plateau 4,304 312 3,958 34

Oyo 3,793 373 3,374 46

Rivers 3,293 201 3,031 61

Edo 2,790 66 2,611 113

Ogun 2,389 167 2,188 34

Kano 2,081 240 1,783 58

Delta 1,843 57 1,737 49

Ondo 1,793 62 1,690 41

Katsina 1,442 251 1,167 24

Enugu 1,376 34 1,321 21

Kwara 1,328 203 1,094 31

Gombe 1,192 209 952 31

Ebonyi 1,091 24 1,037 30

Abia 983 16 957 10

Osun 979 16 940 23

Bauchi 904 94 796 14

Borno 778 37 705 36

Imo 734 61 661 12

Nasarawa 630 292 325 13

Benue 515 44 460 11

Bayelsa 507 65 421 21

Akwa Ibom 413 57 347 9

Ekiti 405 19 380 6

Jigawa 387 50 326 11

Niger 381 69 300 12

Adamawa 355 96 238 21

Anambra 299 6 274 19

Sokoto 247 53 177 17

Taraba 207 23 177 7

Yobe 176 45 123 8

Kebbi 155 12 135 8

Cross River 94 0 82 12

Zamfara 79 1 73 5

Kogi 5 0 3 2.

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