12 Deaths, 1,544 New Cases Of COVID-19 Recorded In Nigeria

1,544 new cases of COVID-19 has been recorded in Nigeria on Friday, January 8, 2021, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has said.

A breakdown of the new cases across different states in the country is as follows; Lagos-739, Plateau-168, FCT-153, Oyo-91, Nasarawa-90, Rivers-80, Kaduna-35, Edo-33, Kano-29, Ogun-21, Delta-19, Sokoto-16, Akwa Ibom-11, Ebonyi-11, Enugu-10, Osun-10, Niger-9, Bauchi-8, Kebbi-8, Katrina-2, and Taraba-1.

The 1,544 new cases of COVID-19 now brings the total number of confirmed cases to 97,478. 1,342 deaths has been recorded while 78,552.

1544 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-739
Plateau-168
FCT-153
Oyo-91
Nasarawa-90
Rivers-80
Kaduna-35
Edo-33
Kano-29
Ogun-21
Delta-19
Sokoto-16
Akwa Ibom-11
Ebonyi-11
Enugu-10
Osun-10
Niger-9
Bauchi-8
Kebbi-8
Katrina-2
Taraba-1

97,478 confirmed
78,552 discharged
1,342 deaths pic.twitter.com/gKOwQpoLJY

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 8, 2021