Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll jumps to 3,014 with 21 dead on Christmas Day

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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Sunday morning that Nigeria’s death toll from the dreaded COVID-19 jumped by 21 casualties on Saturday, Christmas Day, with total figure now 3,014.

The 21 deaths recorded on Saturday represents the highest figure the nation has registered in recent weeks.

The figure came just as NCDC reported that Nigeria recorded 1,305 new cases of the virus on Saturday, with Lagos ramping up 705 fresh cases and Oyo, 234.

Saturday’s 1,305 new infections brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 236,014.

Out of this number, 212,357 have been treated and discharged.

Statistics from Lagos shows that apart from the 705 recorded from Lagos and 234 from Oyo, other new infections registered on Saturday include Ondo-88, Kaduna-79, Rivers-78, Ogun-30, Anambra-25, Kano-24, Enugu-12, Ekiti-11, Jigawa-6, Osun-6, Plateau-6 and Zamfara-1.

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