1041 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

1041 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that 1041 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday December 24.

The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-316, FCT-210, Kaduna-83, Plateau-70, Gombe-56, Oyo-56, Katsina-47, Nasarawa-35, Kano-33, Ogun-21, Rivers-17, Niger-14, Imo-14, Delta-12, Kwara-12, Edo-12, Benue-9, Anambra-8, Taraba-4, Ekiti-4, Ebonyi-6, Bayelsa-1, Sokoto-1.

There are now 81,963 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,242 deaths have been recorded. 69,651  patients who recovered from the disease have been discharged.