Nigeria on Thursday confirmed 287 new cases of #COVID19 with 8 deaths, even as the total deaths from the pandemic surged past the two thousand milestone.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control in a statement via its verified Twitter handle said the new infections were recorded in 18 states and the FCT.
The NCDC in the update said Lagos, the epicentre of the outbreak recorded 107 new cases, followed by Kwara-26, Akwa Ibom-23, Bauchi-22, Ogun-21, Rivers-19, Kaduna-14,
and FCT-11.
Other states that reported new infections include, Abia-8, Edo-8, Ekiti-6, Kano-5, Gombe-4, Osun-4, Oyo-3, Plateau-3, Nasarawa-2, and Delta-1.
According to the health agency, Nigeria currently has 159,933 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus, 142,404 discharges, and 2,001 deaths.
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