At least 11 COVID-19 patients have died in the last 24 hours as The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 806 new infections.

This comes amidst reports of a second wave of the pandemic forcing the Lagos State Government to lockdown schools in the state indefinitely, amidst other new rules.

According to the NCDC via its verified website on Friday night, the new infections were recorded in 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“Total reported deaths for today includes a cumulative of six deaths recorded in Gombe State over two days,” it said.

It also disclosed that 374 patients were discharged after testing negative from the virus.

The NCDC said that Lagos reported 287 cases, FCT, 255; Kaduna, 36; Akwa-Ibom, 29; Katsina, 25; Rivers, 25; Kwara, 21; Bauchi, 19; Kano, 15; Ondo, 14 and Plateau, 13.

Others include Yobe, 12; Nasarawa, 11; Ebonyi, nine; Gombe, eight; Abia, seven; Delta, four; Imo, four; Osun, three;
Anambra, two; Borno, two; Cross River, one; Edo, one; Ekiti, one; Jigawa, one and Ogun, one.

At the time of this report, a total of 77,013 cases had been confirmed, 67,484, discharged and 1,212 deaths recorded in 36 states and the FCT.