COVID-19: Nigeria records six deaths in 24 hours

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported six deaths due to coronavirus complications.

The NCDC made this known in a tweet via its Twitter account on Wednesday.

NCDC said 346 new cases of the virus were recorded, taking the total number of infected people in Nigeria to 159,252.

According to the health agency, Lagos recorded the highest number of new cases with 86 infections, Bauchi followed closely with 64 cases while Kaduna and Kwara reported 26 new cases each.

The tweet read “346 new cases of COVID19in Nigeria;

Lagos-86

Bauchi-64

Kaduna-26

Kwara-26

FCT-24

Rivers-23

Plateau-22

Ogun-16

Ebonyi-14

Bayelsa-12

Cross River-10

Edo-8

Akwa Ibom-5

Ekiti-3

Gombe-2

Kano-2

Osun-2

Delta-1

“159,252 confirmed

139,056 discharged

1,988 deaths.”