Details released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, shows that 17 patients died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Nigeria, increasing the death toll to 85.
This is the highest death rate recorded in 24hours since the outbreak of the ravaging COVID-19 global Pandemic.
The details as posted on the verified twitter handle of the NCDC, also showed that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
It tweeted, “220 new cases of #COVID19:
Lagos – 62, FCT – 52, Kaduna – 31, Sokoto – 13, Kebbi – 10, Yobe – 9, Borno – six, Edo – five, Bauchi – five, Gombe – four, Enugu – four, Oyo – four, Zamfara – three, Nasarawa – two, Osun – two, Ebonyi – two, Kwara – two, Kano – two, and Plateau – two.
“2,388 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. Discharged: 385; Deaths: 85.