NCDC Confirms 310 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday evening, 5th December 2020, confirmed 310 new cases of Coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

The new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the health agency.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 68,937 which includes 64,650 discharged cases and 1,180 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Abuja, the Federal Capital City having the highest number of cases, followed by Lagos State.

310 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-128
Lagos-86
Kaduna-26
Katsina-20
Rivers-19
Oyo-7
Benue-5
Edo-5
Jigawa-5
Ogun-5
Bayelsa-2
Kano-2

310 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-128
Lagos-86
Kaduna-26
Katsina-20
Rivers-19
Oyo-7
Benue-5
Edo-5
Jigawa-5
Ogun-5
Bayelsa-2
Kano-2

68,937 confirmed
64,650 discharged
1,180 deaths pic.twitter.com/NI7P69VIln

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 5, 2020