COVID-19: Nigeria nears 60,000 cases with 151 new infections

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Nigeria is fast approaching a grim milestone 60,000 COVID-19 cases after recording  151 fresh infections on Friday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were recorded in nine states of the federation and Abuja.

It added that no COVID-19 death was recorded throughout the country on Friday.

Consequently, the number of COVID-19 fatalities stood at 1,113 as at Friday night.

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 59,992.

Meanwhile, 51,614 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country.

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (71), Ogun (26), Kaduna (17), Osun (10), Oyo (8), FCT (6), Rivers (6), Plateau (5), Akwa Ibom (1) and, Ekiti (1).

The NCDC said: “59,992 cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.

“Discharged: 51,614 AND Deaths: 1,113.”

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