The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 864 new cases of coronavirus in 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The health agency made the announcement on Thursday night via a post on its verified Facebook page.
AFRIPOST reports that Lagos State, the COVID-19 epicenter in Nigeria was unable to release it’s data for Thursday.
The post reads: “864 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-129
Anambra-87
Rivers-82
Benue-80
Oyo-76
Plateau-61
Kaduna-54
Delta-51
Nasarawa-38
Kwara-36
Edo-32
Katsina-26
Kano-24
Taraba-18
Ogun-14
Sokoto-11
Gombe-10
Jigawa-7
Akwa Ibom-6
Cross River-6
Zamfara-5
Bauchi-5
Osun-4
Ekiti-2
127,024 confirmed
100,853 discharged
1,547 deaths
“NOTE:
-Today’s report does not include data from Lagos State
“-Our discharges today include 164 community recoveries in Kaduna State and 102 community recoveries in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines
“A breakdown of cases by state can be found via http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng”