The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC says about four Nigerians died in the last 24 hours following complications from the COVID-19 disease.
The health agency made this known in an update on its verified Facebook page on Saturday morning.
According to the update, the country has recorded 791 more cases of the disease in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The development has brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 246,195 with 3,066 deaths while over 217,509 have been treated and recovered from the disease.
The update reads, “791 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-523
FCT-84
Oyo-48
Ondo-35
Kano-22
Borno-16
Delta-15
Edo-15
Ogun-9
Jigawa-7
Bauchi-6
Plateau-5
Rivers-4
Bayelsa-2
246,195 confirmed
217,509 discharged
3,066 deaths