Nigeria on Friday recorded 712 fresh COVID-19 cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 19 states of the federation and Abuja.
It added that the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria stood at 1,246 as of Friday night.
Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 82,747.
Meanwhile, 70,239 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities in the country.
The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (388), FCT (77), Kwara (39), Katsina (35), Bauchi (33), Plateau (22), Ogun (18), Akwa Ibom (16), Delta (13), and Kaduna (12).
Others are – Osun (12), Yobe (11), Sokoto (10), Kebbi (8), Enugu (6), Edo (5), Ondo (3), Niger (2), Kano (1), and Oyo (1).
“Total confirmed COVID-19 cases: 82,747.
“Discharged: 70,239 AND Deaths: 1,246.”
