No fewer than seven patients died of coronavirus-related complications in Kano and Ogun states on Friday,The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known in its 70th Situation Report on COVID-19
published on Saturday.
According to the report, 10 COVID-19 fatalities were recorded in the country as of 11.30 pm on Friday.Of the 117 fatalities, 33 died in Lagos, Kano, 18; FCT, four; Borno, 14; Katsina, eight; Bauchi, one; Ogun, four; Kaduna, two; Sokoto, nine; Jigawa, one; Edo, four; Zamfara, three; Oyo, two; Osun, four; Nasarawa, one; Rivers, two; Delta, three; Akwa Ibom, two; Yobe, one and Ekiti one.
“No new state recorded a confirmed COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours. The total number of states including FCT that have reported at least one confirmed case in Nigeria is still 35 . “Seventy-eight cases were discharged in the last 24 hours in twelve states – Lagos , Gombe , Ogun , Oyo , Sokoto , Edo , Ekiti , Rivers , Delta , Kano , Kwara and Niger .
“Ten deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in five states – Kano , Ogun , Bauchi , Kaduna and Sokoto .”
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