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Nigeria records over 2,000 COVID-19 deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that country has crossed the 2,000 mark for the number of COVID-19 related deaths.

The agency also announced that the country recorded 287 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 159,933.

The NCDC also reported eight COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 2,001.

The new infections were recorded across 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within the last 24 hours.

Lagos recorded the highest number of new infections at 107 cases, followed by Kwara-26, Akwa Ibom-23, Bauchi-22, Ogun-21, Rivers-19, Kaduna-14 and FCT-11.

Other states that reported new infections included Abia-8, Edo-8, Ekiti-6, Kano-5, Gombe-4, Osun-4, Oyo-3, Plateau-3, Nasarawa-2 and Delta-1.

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