Nigeria has recorded 814 new cases of Coronavirus.

Of the new cases, Lagos reported 310, Rivers-126, Taraba-76, FCT-74, Ondo-68, Gombe-35, Kaduna-27, Oyo-20, Delta-17, Kwara-12, Ekiti-11, Bauchi-9, Edo-8, Kano-8, Nasarawa-7, Ogun-4 and Bayelsa-2.

Therefore as at 8th of January 2022, Nigeria has confirmed 247,009 cases of Coronavirus, 217,832 discharged cases and 3,070 deaths.

Friday’s report includes:

▪️76 confirmed cases reported for Taraba state are backlogs for 21st (6), 24th (5), 29th (36), 30th (12) December 2021, 2nd (7) & 4th (10) January 2022.

▪️27 confirmed cases reported for Kaduna state is for 6th January 2022

▪️75 Discharged cases reported for Kaduna state is for 6th January 2022 

▪️71 Discharged cases reported for FCT includes 70 community discharges

▪️13 Discharged cases reported for Taraba state are backlogs for December 29th 2021 

▪️1 Death case reported for Kaduna state is for 6th (1) January 2022

▪️ 0 cases reported from Osun and Sokoto State