Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 5,445.
Announcing the new development on Friday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country recorded the new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC also said that four new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 171.
Till date, 5,445 cases have been confirmed, 3,959 are active cases, 1320 cases have been discharged and 171 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The 288 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos(179), Kaduna (20), Katsina (15), Jigawa(15), Borno (13), Ogun(11), Kano(8), FCT(7), Niger (4), Ekiti(4), Oyo (3), Delta (3), Bauchi(3), Kwara (2), Edo(1).
The NCDC also apologized to the Government and people of Plateau State over the error in the number of new positive cases reported on Thursday. It could be recalled the 5 new cases were said to be confirmed in the state as against 1 case. But the State Government through the State commissioner of Health counter the result stating that the State only recorded 1 new positive case only as the 4 other cases were old cases.
Therefore Plateau State as of today have recorded only 21 cases of the COVID-19, with 11 said to be discharged with only 10 active cases remaining and are responding to treatment. No any single death recorded yet.
The centre has also urged Nigerians to remember that there is no specific cure for COVID-19 as Clinical trials are ongoing to assess the safety and the efficacy of drug & vaccine candidates for public use

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COVID-19: Nigeria records 288 fresh cases of COVID-19, total rises to 5,445.