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Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 246 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday evening, 21st November 2020, confirmed 246 new cases of coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the health agency.

The development brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 66,228 which includes 61,884 discharged cases and 1,166 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Lagos State recording the highest number of new confirmed cases, followed by Plateau and FCT.

246 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-66
Plateau-63
FCT-48
Kaduna-21
Bayelsa-19
Rivers-12
Niger-9
Ogun-4
Ekiti-2
Bauchi-1
Osun-1

66,228 confirmed
61,884 discharged
1,166 deaths.