The daily count of deaths resulting from COVID-19
complications increased to its highest in the past three months, with 11 new
fatalities confirmed across Nigeria on Friday.
According to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC), the December 18 figure is the highest since September 3 when 21
new fatalities were confirmed — at the time, the country had recorded 1,048
deaths out of a total of 54,588 confirmed cases.
The new death toll includes “a cumulative of six deaths
recorded in Gombe over two days”, and the total number of fatalities has now
increased to 1,212.
The NCDC also confirmed 806 new positive samples in 25
states and the federal capital territory (FCT) on Friday.
While this signifies a decrease of 29.6 percent from the
Thursday figure, 806 is still relatively high as this is the country’s third
highest number of daily infections ever recorded.
Lagos and FCT recorded the most cases on Friday with 287 and
255 new positive samples, respectively, while Kaduna confirmed the third
highest figure with 36 infections.
Meanwhile, the daily count of discharged patients increased
to its highest within the past two weeks, with 374 recoveries recorded on
Friday.
Out of a total of 77,013 cases confirmed across the country,
67,484 people have now recovered.
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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 18, 2020
Lagos-287
FCT-255
Kaduna-36
Akwa Ibom-29
Katsina-25
Rivers-25
Kwara-21
Bauchi-19
Kano-15
Ondo-14
Plateau-13
Yobe-12
Nasarawa-11
Ebonyi-9
Gombe-8
Abia-7
Delta-4
Imo-4
Osun-3
Anambra-2
Borno-2
Cross River-1
Edo-1
Ekiti-1
Jigawa-1
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