The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a new case of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ebonyi state, Afriupdate News reports.
The information is on the official Twitter handle of NCDC @ncdcgov.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ebonyi has risen to nine (9), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control tweeted on Wednesday night.
The nine confirmed in Ebonyi state cases have been admitted at isolation and treatment centre.
Nigeria has recorded 184 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 4,971.
While the number of discharged cases grew to 1,070, the NCDC said six more people had died from the virus since Tuesday, bringing the nation’s total toll to 164.
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 294,199 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT Wednesday.
At least 4,305,340 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 1,473,700 are now considered recovered.
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