The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has recorded 550 new COVID-19 in the country.
Announcing it on its Twitter handle, the health agency said ,”On the 8th of December 2020, 550 new confirmed cases and 1 death was recorded in Nigeria’.
Till date, 70,195 cases have been confirmed, 65,110 cases have been discharged and 1,182 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The 550 new cases are reported from 17 states- Lagos (219), FCT (168), Kaduna (52), Kwara (19), Kano (15), Rivers (15), Sokoto (10), Enugu(9), Gombe ( 8 ), Plateau (7), Osun (7), Anambra (5), Oyo (5), Jigawa (4), Ogun (4), Bauchi (2) and Edo (1)
