999 new cases of COVID19 recorded in Nigeria

Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine (999) new cases of COVID19 were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, December 22.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, FCT recorded 416 new cases, the highest for the day.

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States with fresh cases include Lagos-324, Kaduna-68, Plateau-42, Kwara-32, Kano-24, Gombe-14, Sokoto-12, Yobe-12, Akwa Ibom-11, Bayelsa-10, Rivers-7, Bauchi-7, Ogun-6 ,Oyo-5, Edo-4, Taraba-4 and Jigawa-1.

Nigeria has 79,789 confirmed cases with 68,879 patients discharged. Sadly. 1,231 deaths have been recorded from the viral disease.

See breakdown of the number of cases per states below