Six Hundred and Fifty-five persons have been discharged across the country on Saturday after recovering from COVID-19.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its official website on Saturday.
Of the new recoveries, 439 were recorded in the federal capital territory (FCT).
“Our discharges today include 439 community recoveries in FCT and 96 community recoveries in Lagos state managed in line with guidelines,” the NCDC said.
With thia recovery, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries in Nigeria stands at 144,714.
The agency also confirmed 205 new infections in 14 states and the FCT, indecating 49 percent decline from 399 cases recorded on Friday.
Ondo recorded the highest cases with 33 new positive samples followed by Lagos with 25, and the FCT with 22.
Also, four people were said to have died of COVID-19 complications on Saturday, raising the country’s fatality toll to 2,013.
Out of 160,537 confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria, 13,810 are currently active cases.
