Nigeria has recorded 533 new cases of deadly disease, COVID-19 in 10 states and the federal capital territory, Abuja.
This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Friday, December 10.
According to the agency, Lagos recorded 428 infections, followed by FCT (45) and Rivers (33).
Other states that logged new cases were Edo (9), Ogun (8), Oyo (3), Delta (2), Kaduna (2), Gombe (1), Jigawa (1), and Kano (1).
The agency data showed that 42 people were discharged from the infection — and no death.
The NCDC also said the recoveries include 20 community discharges reported on the 8th in FCT.
So far, Nigeria has confirmed 216,451 cases and 207,661 recoveries. The country’s death toll now stands at 2,981.