As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 269 new cases of deadly disease in 14 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Saturday, October 9.
According to the agency, the new cases were reported in 14 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The states that recorded new infections are FCT (127), Lagos (45), Kaduna (28), Delta (18), Kwara (17), Plateau (13), Zamfara (10), Rivers (8), Imo (21), Ekiti (5), Nasarawa (4), Edo (3), Ondo (3), Akwa Ibom (2) and Oyo (1).
The NCDC said Friday’s report includes 60 discharged cases reported from Bayelsa state for October 5 (40) and 8 (20), and 15 confirmed cases reported from Kano state for October 7 (8) and 8 (7).
It also includes 24 confirmed cases reported from Benue state for October 7 (11) and 8 (13) and nine confirmed cases reported for Bauchi state for October 7 (5) and 8 (4).
Two deaths were reported on Friday, bringing the number of fatalities to 2,743.
According to the agency, 256 persons were discharged after recovering from the infection.
So far in Nigeria, 207,479 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with 195,052 recoveries.