COVID-19: Nigeria records 1074 new cases, death toll now 1,294

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Friday night in a tweet via its official Twitter handle.

NCDC said Lagos and Kaduna States recorded 642 and 92 cases, respectively, while Rivers State followed with 78 cases.

Nigeria now has a total of 88,587 confirmed cases and 1,294 deaths.

The tweet reads, “1074 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-642
Kaduna-92
Rivers-78
FCT-66
Gombe-66
Kano-35
Ogun-31
Katsina-22
Plateau-20
Abia-7
Niger-4
Oyo-4
Akwa Ibom-3
Delta-2
Osun-2

88,587 confirmed
74,373 discharged
1,294 deaths.”