The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 27 COVID-19 deaths in two days.
11 were reported on Thursday while 16 additional deaths were also recorded on Friday.
The NCDC stated this in its daily COVID-19 report on Saturday.
However, 129 additional cases were reported on Friday, indicating an increase from the 53 cases of the previous day.
The centre said that the new infections were recorded across 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It said out of the 16 fatalities, Edo reported a backlog of 11 deaths while Katsina and Lagos states recorded two and one case for Nov. 11, respectively.
According to the NCDC, the country’s fatality toll now stands at 2,949 while the infections have increased to 213,076.
The centre stated that the total number of discharged cases have increased to 205,483 while a backlog of discharged cases were reported from the FCT and Katsina State.
”The FCT reported a backlog of 320 community discharges, while Katsina State reported 25 discharged cases for Nov. 11.
“The breakdown of the NCDC data shows that Katsina State, North-west, topped the infection chart with 53 cases, closely followed by Kwara, North-central with 32 cases.
“Osun and Plateau reported eight infections each while Rivers and Katsina states reported six cases each. But the six cases reported by Katsina is a backlog for Nov. 11,” it said.
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