COVID-19: Nigeria records 920 positive cases in a day

920 new positive new cases of the Corona-virus were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday December 19, 2020.

Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory had the highest number of positive cases in the country with 308 and 207 positive cases respectively.

NCDC made this known during a daily report on Covid-19 in the country, they gave the breakdown of positive cases on their social media pages.

920 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-308 FCT-207 Kaduna-179 Plateau-46 Niger-43 Adamawa-26 Sokoto-18 Rivers-16 Yobe-15 Enugu-13 Kano-13 Ogun-12 Delta-10 Edo-5 Osun-3 Oyo-3 Anambra-2 Ekiti-1.

920 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-308
FCT-207
Kaduna-179
Plateau-46
Niger-43
Adamawa-26
Sokoto-18
Rivers-16
Yobe-15
Enugu-13
Kano-13
Ogun-12
Delta-10
Edo-5
Osun-3
Oyo-3
Anambra-2
Ekiti-1

77,933 confirmed
67,784 discharged
1,218 deaths pic.twitter.com/51wz4Lw5JC

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 19, 2020

This brings Nigeria’s figure to 77,933 confirmed 67,784 discharged 1,218 deaths.