Nigeria’s Covid-19 cases now 5,445, with 171 deaths

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night announced 288 new cases of Covid-19 in the country.

These bring the total of confirmed cases of the disease in Nigeria to 5,445.

The Center disclosed that a total of 1,320 patients have been discharged while 171 deaths have been recorded.

A distribution of the new confirmed cases across the States shows the following:

179-Lagos
20-Kaduna
15-Katsina
15-Jigawa
13-Borno
11-Ogun
8-Kano
7-FCT
4-Niger
4-Ekiti
3-Oyo
3-Delta
3-Bauchi
2-Kwara
1-Edo