The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,664 new cases of Coronavirus in the country.
According to the update released on the agency website on Wednesday, five persons died of the virus, increasing the current fatality to 1,324.
The agency on Wednesday said 756 people have been discharged.
According to the NCDC, “our discharges today include 388 community recoveries in Lagos state, 261 in Kaduna state, 87 in Plateau state and 20 in Imo state managed in line with guidelines”.
With the 1,644 new infections recorded in Wednesday, Nigeria has a total confirmed case of 94, 369.
1664 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-642
FCT-407
Plateau-160
Kaduna-83
Rivers-62
Adamawa-47
Nasarawa-38
Abia-29
Edo-28
Anambra-27
Niger-24
Ogun-24
Imo-15
Oyo-14
Kano-12
Osun-12
Borno-9
Delta-7
Enugu-7
Bauchi-5
Ekiti-5
Sokoto-5
Jigawa-2 pic.twitter.com/T5AWc29Hb7
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 6, 2021