COVID-19: 15 Deaths Recorded In 24 Hours As Nigeria Records 664 New Cases

Babajide Okeowo
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Fifteen COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in 24 hours in Nigeria as the country’s death toll from the COVID 19 pandemic rose from 709 to 724.

This is even as the country recorded 664 new infections across seventeen states and the Federal Capital Territory pushing the total infection in the country to 31, 987.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet via its official verified handle late on Saturday.

According to NCDC, Lagos for the second day running recorded 224 new cases, FCT-105 and Edo-85 cases.

Others include Ondo with 64 cases, Kaduna-32, Imo-27, Osun-19, Plateau-17, and Oyo and Ogun with 17 cases each.

Rivers recorded 14 cases, Delta-11, Adamawa-10, Enugu-7, Nassarawa-6 while the trio of Gombe, Abia, and Ekiti recorded 3 cases each.

According to the specialized health agency, 13,103 persons have now been successfully treated and discharged while 724 deaths have been recorded as a result of the virus.

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