NCDC on Thursday announced that the total death toll recorded from the COVID-19 disease in Nigeria has reached 833 on Thursday after 20 more people died from the respiratory illness.
The agency reported that 604 new cases of coronavirus were recorded on Thursday.
The new figure shows a slight increase from the 595 infections reported on Wednesday.
Nigeria recorded it first case of the virus in late February and has since witnessed a progressive rise in the number of confirmed cases.
As at the time of filling this report, 38,948 cases have been confirmed while 16,061 patients have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“604 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-203 Oyo-87 FCT-79 Edo-41 Osun-35 Ogun-24 Rivers-22 Kaduna-22 Akwa Ibom-20 Plateau-18 Delta-9 Ebonyi-9 Imo-8 Enugu-5 Kano-5 Cross River-5 Katsina-4 Nasarawa-3 Borno-2 Ekiti-2 Bauchi-1,” the agency said.
Lagos still remains the epicenter of the disease with a sum of 14,009 infections, and 192 deaths. Over 2,000 patients have been discharged after treatment and recovery.
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