350 new COVID-19 infections reported in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of 350 new cases of Coronavirus disease in the country.

Also, while 8 deaths occurred in the last 24 hours, 206 patients recovered within the aforementioned hours.

The new figure brings the total number of confirmed cases to 11516 out of which 3535 cases been discharged with 323 deaths recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 350 new cases are reported from 20 states :- Lagos (102), Ogun (34), FCT (29), Borno (26), Kaduna (23), Rivers (21), Kwara (16), Ebonyi (17), Katsina (14), Edo (10), Delta (10), Kano (10), Bauchi (10), Bayelsa (9), Imo (8), Plateau (4), Ondo (3), Nasarawa (2), Gombe (1), Oyo (1).

A total of 71,336 samples have been tested while 7,658 are currently active cases nationwide.