Nigeria has reported close to 20,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus just as the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that the pandemic is accelerating.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced Friday night that the record for COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 19,147.
The agency made this known via its verified Twitter handle when it announced that the country recorded 667 new cases.
So far, 6,581 have recovered and have since been discharged, while 487 deaths have occurred.