COVID-19: Nigeria records 749 new cases, 385 discharges and 3 deaths

749 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday December 29, 2020.

3 deaths were recorded for the day, 385 discharges.

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‘Our discharges today include 279 community recoveries in Lagos State and 106 community recoveries in FCT managed in line with guidelines.‘ NCDC said

NCDC made this known on their social media platforms, they tweeted,

749 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-299
Plateau-131
Kaduna-83
FCT-74
Kwara-35
Sokoto-26
Edo-18
Kano-17
Katsina-16
Delta-11
Nasarawa-10
Ondo-9
Bauchi-9
Rivers-5
Akwa Ibom-3
Jigawa-1
Osun-1
Ekiti-1

85,560 confirmed
71,937 discharged
1,267 deaths pic.twitter.com/fWlJdFbFdj

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 29, 2020

This is higher than the 397 cases recorded the previous day

This brings Nigeria’s COVID-19 figure to 85,560 confirmed, 71,937 discharged and 1,267 deaths