The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that a total of 791 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and eight deaths were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday..
This is contained in the daily update published by NCDC early Friday morning.
“Till date, 246195 cases have been confirmed, 217509 cases have been discharged and 3066 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
“The 791 new cases are reported from 14 States- Lagos (523), FCT (84), Oyo (48), Ondo (35), Kano (22), Borno (16), Delta (15), Edo (15), Ogun (9), Jigawa (7), Bauchi (6), Plateau (5), Rivers (4) and Bayelsa (2)
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities”