By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The COVID-19 death toll has risen to 1,212 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed 806 new cases in Nigeria.
This is also as the report released by the health agency via it’s twitter handle said that the total confirmed cases have extended to 77,013 out of which 67,484 patients have been treated and discharged from various isolation facilities across the country since the index case was reported in February 27, 2020.
The NCDC further stated that the 806 new cases were recorded from the following states:
Lagos-287
FCT-255
Kaduna-36
Akwa Ibom-29
Katsina-25
Rivers-25
Kwara-21
Bauchi-19
Kano-15
Ondo-14
Plateau-13
Yobe-12
Nasarawa-11
Ebonyi-9
Gombe-8
Abia-7
Delta-4
Imo-4
Osun-3
Anambra-2
Borno-2
Cross River-1
Edo-1
Ekiti-1
Jigawa-1
Ogun-1.