Lagos Hits Record As COVID-19 Reach 51,304

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 340 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country.

For the first time since the pandemic touched down in the country in February, Lagos is not listed among the first three states with the highest number of daily cases as it reported its lowest number of daily cases in three months.

The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that four deaths were also recorded.

The health agency said that with this new figure, Nigeria now has 51304 confirmed cases, 37885 discharged and 996 deaths.

It stated that the 340 new cases were  reported from 19 states in the country.

The NCDC noted  that out of the 340 new cases Kaduna recorded the highest with 63 infections, followed by FCT with 51.

States that made up Friday’s figure include Plateau-38, Lagos-33, Delta-25, Gombe-21, Adamawa-21, Edo-20, Katsina-17, Akwa Ibom-11, Ekiti-10, Rivers-9, Ondo-5, Ebonyi-4, Cross River-3, Ogun-3, Sokoto-2, Imo-2 and Nasarawa-2.

Meanwhile, the NCDC revealed that the Federal government, in order to ramp up testing and tracing of COVID-19 cases, was considering a partnership between state governments and private firms.(NAN)

Send Us A Press Statement Advertise With Us Contact Us 

 And For More Nigerian News Visit GWG.NG