Coronavirus

Nigeria Records 216 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 9 Deaths

Femi Ashekun/

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) today confirmed 216 new COVID-19 cases in the country.

The daily update by the centre shows that nine fatalities were also recorded today.

Lagos and Oyo states recorded the highest number of new cases with 74 and 33 respectively.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 6,175, with 1,644 recoveries and 191 deaths.

0
Editor

Recent Posts

Arase Mourns Lagbaja in Letter to Defense Chief

Segun Atanda/ Former Inspector General of Police, Dr. Solomon E. Arase, CFR, has expressed deep…

55 mins ago

The Continuous Rise of Nigerian Voices on TED

Kola Kehinde/ The TED movement, launched in 1984, has transformed from a small gathering of…

1 hour ago

Boy, 15, Axes Mother to Death after She Confiscated His Tablet to Make Him Do His Homework

Editor/ A 15-year-old boy in Russia has reportedly been taken into custody after police say…

4 hours ago

Beaten and Humbled: Bolt Driver Apologises to Lawmaker who Assaulted Him over Simple Delivery

Pat Stevens/ Stephen Abuwatseya, a Bolt driver, has publicly apologised to a politician who allegedly…

5 hours ago

NNPC, SPDC Joint Venture Donates US$1 Million to Support Borno Flood Victims

Malik Yahya/ The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC JV)—operator of the NNPC…

9 hours ago

Federal Reserve Chair, Powell, Says He’ll Refuse to Step Down if Trump Asks

Femi Ashekun/ Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, has declared that he wouldn’t resign if President-elect…

20 hours ago