The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 48 additional cases of COVID-19 in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website Friday morning, adding that the additional infections had increased the country’s total confirmed cases to 253,923.
The average number of new infections in the country has been below the 100 mark in the last five days.
NCDC confirmed in its post that on Thursday, Lagos State recorded 15 cases, Cross River, 12, FCT eight and Plateau seven.
It added that Ogun reported two, Abia, Delta, Oyo and Rivers states, reported one each.
The health agency said no patient was confirmed dead from the virus, while 72 people were discharged from various isolation centres across the country in past 24 hours.
NCDC indicated that the number of recovery and discharge cases in the country had reached 230,293, while 3,139 had been confirmed dead since the first reported death in March, 2020. NAN
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