Nigeria’s daily figure of coronavirus infections maintained
a high count for the sixth consecutive day, on Sunday, with 838 new cases
confirmed across 15 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
More than 700 new infections have been confirmed daily
between December 22 and 25 — over 1,000 cases were confirmed for two days in a
row during the same period.
The new figures, which have been recorded as the country
settles into the second wave of infections, comes exactly 10 months after
Nigeria confirmed its first positive sample — the index case of the virus was
confirmed on February 27, 2020.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the
838 new cases in the update for December 27, 2020.
According to the breakdown given, FCT and Lagos maintained
high daily counts with 297 and 253 cases, respectively, while Plateau was third
on the list with 82 new positive samples.
Seven persons were confirmed to have died of coronavirus
complications on Sunday, signifying an increase over the past 24 hours, and the
current fatality toll stands at 1,254.
The number of new recoveries also increased with 539
patients discharged on Sunday — including 255 persons in 160 in Kaduna.
Out of 84,414 infections now confirmed across the country,
71,034 patients have recovered, but 12,126 are active cases.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday838 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 27, 2020
FCT-297
Lagos-253
Plateau-82
Kaduna-57
Katsina-32
Nasarawa-31
Kano-25
Gombe-24
Oyo-8
Rivers-8
Zamfara-7
Ogun-4
Bauchi-4
Edo-4
Anambra-1
Sokoto-1
84,414 confirmed
71,034 discharged
1,254 deaths pic.twitter.com/UeZ43VtOPH
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