BREAKING: 595 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 34,854; death toll now 769

Nigeria on Thursday night recorded 595 fresh COVID-19 cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh cases were recorded in 23 states of the federation and Abuja.

It added that the number of COVID-19 fatalities stood at 769 as at Thursday night.

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 34,854.

Meanwhile, 14,292 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country.

READ ALSO: 463 new COVD-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 33 616; death toll now 754

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (156), Ondo (95), Rivers (53), Abia (43), Oyo (38), Enugu (29), Edo (24), FCT (23), Kaduna (20), Akwa Ibom (17), Anambra (17), Osun (17), Ogun (14), and Kano (13).

Others are – Imo (11), Delta (6), Ekiti (5), Gombe (4), Plateau (4), Cross River (2), Adamawa (1), Bauchi (1), Jigawa (1), and Yobe (1).

The NCDC said: “34,854 cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.

“Discharged: 14,292 AND Deaths: 769.”

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now