COVID-19 - 501 New Cases Take Total Confirmed So Far To 78,434

The latest daily report of confirmed cases from Nigeria's disease Control Office say 501 new cases were record for Sunday, December 21, 2020.  The new total takes the overall total to 78,434.

According to NCDC, Lagos topped the list with 218 cases, followed by the FCT with 112 and Kaduna coming third with 53.

Osun and Ekiti States occupy the bottom position with 2 new cases each.

A total of 68,303 patients have been discharged so far, details of which included 208 community recoveries in FCT, 126 in Kaduna State and 35 in Lagos State, NCDC said.

A total of 1,221 patients have however died, the report said.

See below for the breakdown of the daily confirmed new cases by state:

Lagos-218

FCT-112 Kaduna-53 Plateau-24 Katsina-21 Kano-16 Yobe-14 Ondo-10 Ogun-9 Edo-7 Bayelsa-5 Rivers-4 Borno-4 Osun-2 Ekiti-2

See below for the breakdown of the total confirmed new cases by state: