Nigeria records 65 new cases of COVID in nine states, Abuja

As at the battle against COVID-19, Nigeria has recorded 65 new cases of the deadly disease in nine states and the federal capital territory, Abuja.

This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily update for Thursday, November 25.

According to the agency, the states with new cases are Lagos (20), FCT (12), Kaduna (11), Oyo (9), Bauchi (4), Kano (4), Edo (2), Ekiti (1), Plateau (1) and Rivers (1).

The NCDC data showed that 78 people recovered from the infection.

The agency said one discharge case reported for Lagos is for November 24, while 50 discharged cases for the FCT are from November 25.

One COVID fatality was reported on Wednesday leaving the fatality figure at 2,975.

So far, Nigeria has confirmed 213,883 infections and 207,094 recoveries.