Connect with us

News

BREAKING: 684 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 23,298; death toll now 554

Published

on

Nigeria on Friday night recorded 684 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 18 states of the federation and Abuja.

It added that five persons died from complications resulting from the virus on Friday.

Consequently, the number of COVID-19 fatalities increased from 549 to 554.

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 23,298.

Meanwhile, 8,253 patients had been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country as at Friday night.

READ ALSO: 594 fresh cases of COVID-19 push Nigeria’s total to 22,614; death toll now 549

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (259), Oyo (76), Katsina (69), Delta (66), Rivers (46), Ogun (23), Edo (22), Osun (22), Ebonyi (21), FCT (20) and Kaduna (16).

Others are – Ondo (10), Imo (9), Abia (9), Gombe (5), Plateau (4), Bauchi (4), Ekiti (2) and Anambra (1).

The NCDC said: “23,298 cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.

“Discharged: 8,253 AND Deaths: 554.”

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