Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 169 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday evening, 26th November 2020, confirmed 169 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 66974 which includes 62,585 discharged cases and 1,169 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Kaduna recording the highest number of new confirmed cases, followed by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos.

169 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-74
FCT-42
Lagos-17
Kano-8
Ogun-6
Oyo-6
Rivers-6
Ekiti-3
Bauchi-3
Katsina-2
Delta-1
Ondo-1

66974 confirmed
62,585 discharged
1,169 deaths.

169 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-74
FCT-42
Lagos-17
Kano-8
Ogun-6
Oyo-6
Rivers-6
Ekiti-3
Bauchi-3
Katsina-2
Delta-1
Ondo-1

66974 confirmed
62,585 discharged
1,169 deaths pic.twitter.com/Fj7grWtTZ5

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 26, 2020