Nigeria has recorded 10 deaths and 618 new cases of COVID-19 in 14 states and the FCT on Friday.
The NCDC confirmed this in its update for August 27, 2021.
The states that recorded the new infections include Lagos (312), Akwa Ibom (89), Edo (71), Rivers (47), Ekiti (20), Plateau (20), and Delta (15).
Others are Kwara (13), FCT (11), Osun (8), Oyo (4), Ogun (3), Benue (3), Gombe (1) and Kaduna (1).
The agency said 189 persons were discharged on Friday while 10 persons died of the infection.
It said NCDC, the report for Friday include deaths reported in Lagos on August 25.
So far, 190,333 cases have been confirmed, 169,815 patients have been discharged and 2,308 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the FCT.
