Abuja (Precise Post) – The COVID-19 death toll in Nigeria has risen to 1,247 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed 829 new cases on Saturday.
According to the report released via twitter handle of the health agency, the fresh infections were recorded from 15 states as follows:
The report further stated that 83,576 cases had been confirmed since the index case was reported on February 27 out of which 70,495 patients have been treated and discharged from across the various isolation facilities in Nigeria.
The NCDC gave the state by state breakdown of total confirmed cases as follows:
