As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 129 new cases of the deadly disease in 10 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The COVID result was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Friday, November 12.
According to the agency, Katsina topped the list of infections with 53 new cases, followed by Kwara with 32 cases, and Osun with 8.
Other states that recorded new infections are Plateau (8), Rivers (6), Kaduna (6), FCT (5), Kano (5), Oyo (4), Jigawa (1) and Bauchi (1).
According to the agency, the report includes 53 new cases, 25 discharges and two deaths in Katsina on November 11; one in Lagos on November 11; 320 persons discharged in FCT, and a backlog of 11 deaths reported from Edo state.
The agency said 483 persons were discharged on Friday after recovering from the virus.
It also said 16 persons died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,949.
To date, 213,076 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed — while 205,483 have been discharged
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