Three people died as a result of COVID-19 complications, while 466 news cases was recorded on Friday.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDDC, Confirmed this in an update on its Facebook page on Saturday morning.
The new 466 COVID-19 infections indicate a decrease from 727 cases reported on Thursday.
Withe these data, the Public health agency reports that COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 198, 239 on Friday.
It noted that 2,588 people have died from the disease’s complications and that infections were confirmed in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday.
“Lagos (134), Rivers (82), Edo (69), Gombe (39), FCT (32), Kaduna (21), Plateau (20), Benue (19), Kwara (17), Delta (16), Akwa Ibom (10), Bayelsa (5) and Kano (2).
“Today’s report includes: two deaths and eight discharged cases for Lagos are for September 9, 2021 cases from Nasarawa and Sokoto States,”it said.
According to the NCDC, there were 9,871 active coronavirus cases in Nigeria as of September 10, with a total of 182,780 cases successfully treated and discharged after recovery.
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