COVID-19: Nigeria Recorded 245 New Infections On Friday

Nigeria recorded 245 new infections of coronavirus on Friday.

It raises the country’s cumulative number of people infected with coronavirus to 6,261.

A total 131 of the new infections were in Lagos, where more than 16,000 tests have been done.

A breakdown of the latest numbers by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control shows:

16-Jigawa
13-Ogun
12-Borno
9-Kaduna
9-Oyo
9-Rivers
9-Ebonyi
8-Kano
7-Kwara
5-Katsina
3-Akwa Ibom
3-Sokoto
2-Bauchi
2-Yobe
1-Anambra
1-Gombe
1-Niger
1-Ondo
1-Plateau
1-FCT
1-Bayelsa.

Beyond the active cases, 2007 people have been discharged from hospital after treatment.

The death toll has risen to 221.
(Daily Trust)