NCDC confirms four deaths, 712 new COVID-19 cases

As the battle against Coronavirus continues, Nigeria has recorded four new deaths and 712 fresh coronavirus infections.

This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its daily update on Friday, December 25.

According to the NCDC, the new positive samples were recorded in 19 states and the federal capital territory (FCT), and Lagos had the most cases with 388 infections.

FCT had the second highest number of infections with 77 cases, followed by Kwara with 39, and Katsina with 35.

Meanwhile, the daily count of patients who have recovered from coronavirus infections increased on Friday with 588 persons discharged across the country.

According to the NCDC, the new patients discharged on Friday included “248 community recoveries in Lagos State and 136 community recoveries in Kaduna State managed in line with guidelines”.

Although the figure is lower than the number of new cases, the recent increase is the highest daily count in over two months.

With the new recoveries, the total number of discharged patients has now exceeded 70,000.

A total of 82,747 patients have been confirmed positive for the coronavirus in Nigeria, out of which 1,246 deaths and 70,239 recoveries have been recorded.