COVID-19: Nigeria records 343 new cases, total now 68,303

Nigeria has recorded 343 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 68,303.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle on Thursday.

The Federal Capital Territory has the highest figure of 123, followed by Lagos with 106 cases.

The tweets, giving further details, read:

“343 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-123

Lagos-106

Kaduna-72

Nasarawa-14

Rivers-5

Bauchi-4

Imo-4

Ogun-4

Ekiti-3

Edo-2

Oyo-2

Plateau-2

Akwa Ibom-1

Kano-1.

“68,303 confirmed

64,291 discharged

1,179 deaths.”