Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 201 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday evening, 14th December 2020, confirmed 201 new cases of Coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

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

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 73,374 which includes 66,314 discharged cases and 1,197 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Kaduna having the highest number of cases, followed by Lagos State.

Kaduna-74
Lagos-53
Katsina-40
Rivers-11
Plateau-9
Kwara-6
Bauchi-2
Ogun-2
Taraba-2
Edo-1
Sokoto-1

201 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-74
Lagos-53
Katsina-40
Rivers-11
Plateau-9
Kwara-6
Bauchi-2
Ogun-2
Taraba-2
Edo-1
Sokoto-1

73,374 confirmed
66,314 discharged
1,197 deaths pic.twitter.com/iHmOI7ZmiJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 14, 2020

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has confirmed that more top military officers have tested positive for the coronavirus infection.

The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Sagir Musa confirmed the number has risen to 26 when he noted on Sunday that 417 personnel have undertaken the coronavirus test.

This follows the tests conducted after the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Major General Olu Irefin contracted and later died from the virus infection while attending the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference 2020 in Abuja.