Nigeria has confirmed 47 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases on Friday via its official Facebook page.
The NCDC explained that the new cases were recorded in “Plateau – 16, FCT – 8, Rivers – 8, Gombe – 4, Kaduna – 4, Edo – 3, Kano – 3, Bauchi – 1.”
“Today’s report includes: 8 cases and 7 recoveries reported from Rivers state for 1st (5) and 2nd (3) Dec,16 cases reported from Plateau state are for 1st (16) Dec 2021, 0 cases from Sokoto State,” the NCDC added.
These latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 214,317 with 207,357 discharged and 2,978 COVID-19 related deaths.
