As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 53 new cases of the deadly disease in eight states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The COVID-19 result was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Thursday, November 11.
According to the agency, the states that reported the fresh cases are Lagos (19), FCT (7), Plateau (7), Rivers (7), Imo (5), Kano (4), Zamfara (2), Bayelsa (1) and Gombe (1).
The agency said Thursday’s report includes nine and 10 cases from Lagos reported on November 10 and 11.
It also includes five cases from Imo recorded on November 10; one and three infections reported in Kano on November 10th and 11; 16 discharges reported in Kano on November 10.
The NCDC said 325 patients recovered from the infection.
Eleven people reportedly died of COVID complications, including a backlog of 10 fatalities from Edo.
So far, Nigeria has recorded 212,947 COVID cases, 205,000 recoveries and 2,933 deaths.