The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday, has announced that the country has recorded 555 fresh cases of coronavirus.
This was revealed in a tweet by the centre on its official Twitter handle.
The report indicated that a total of 17,374 have been discharged after they tested negative for the virus twice. The number of fatalities also saw an increase as 858 deaths have been recorded.
The tweet reads: “555 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-156 Kano-65 Ogun-57 Plateau-54 Oyo-53 Benue-43 FCT-30 Ondo-18 Kaduna-16 Akwa Ibom-13 Gombe-13 Rivers-12 Ekiti-9 Osun-8 Cross River-3 Borno-2 Edo-2 Bayelsa-1 40,532 confirmed 17,374 discharged 858 deaths.”