1,544 new cases of coronavirus with 12 deaths have been recorded across the nation by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The latest figure – an increase of about 50 per cent from the six fatalities recorded the previous day – has taken the death toll to 1342 in total.
According to the updates of the NCDC, the cases were recorded as follows; Lagos-739, Plateau-168, FCT-153, Oyo-91, Nasarawa-90, Rivers-80, Kaduna-35, Edo-33, Kano-29.
Others are; Ogun-21, Delta-19, Sokoto-16, Akwa Ibom-11, Ebonyi-11, Enugu-10, Osun-10, Niger-9, Bauchi-8, Kebbi-8, Katsina-2, Taraba-1.
In the past 21 days, there have been 130 fatalities as a result of COVID-19 complications in Nigeria.
The government has blamed the increasing deaths on later referral of COVID-19 patients to treatment centres.
The spike in new infections is also showing no signs of slowing as Nigeria recorded yet another relatively high daily figure of 1,544 reported from 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday.
97,478 confirmed cases of the coronavirus has been recorded across Nigeria since the outbreak of the pandemic with 78,552 cases discharged and 1,342 deaths recorded so far.
