Nigeria recorded 930 new cases of coronavirus infection on December 16 2020, bringing the total of confirmed cases to 75,062.
The cases were recorded in Lagos-279, FCT-179, Plateau-62, Kaduna-54, Kano-52, Katsina-52, Imo-42, Jigawa-42, Rivers-38, Kwara-30, Nasarawa-19, Yobe-15, Ogun-13, Borno-10, Oyo-9, Niger-9, Ebonyi-6, Bauchi-6, Edo-5, Taraba-4, Sokoto-2 and Cross River-2.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), out of the 75,062 confirmed cases in the country, 66,775 patients have been discharged and 1,200 deaths have been recorded.