Lagos records 404 new covid-19 cases in 24 hours

According to NCDC, Lagos has 404 new cases out of the 601 confirmed cases reported in the last 24 hours from 21 states.

The health agency also disclosed that 684 patients who were treated and had fully recovered, were discharged, making the number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the state at 15,209.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagos remains the epicentre of COVID-19 cases with 17,764 of the total 51,905 cases in the country.

Also, data by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Region, shows that there are 1,167,848 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the continent

WHO said that there over 888,000 recoveries and 27,322 deaths. (NAN)