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COVID-19: Nigeria records 8 fatalities, 420 new infections

Uba Group

Nigeria, on Monday, recorded eight COVID-19 related deaths and 420 new cases in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Tuesday morning, stating that Nigeria’s death toll had risen to 3,085.

The centre also said that with the new confirmed cases, the infection toll had risen to 248,732.

The breakdown of the NCDC data revealed that Lagos State reported a total of 103 new cases to rank the first on the log, followed by Kwara and Akwa-Ibom with 90 and 49 cases respectively.

The FCT also reported 39 cases; Kano State, 33; Rivers, 31; while Cross River and Ogun states reported 17 cases each.

Others are Kaduna State with 15 cases, followed by Edo and Niger states with 11 and nine cases respectively.

It added that 482 people were discharged after recovering from the infection.

The number of discharged cases now stands at 219,479, while the active cases stand at 26,180.

The centre said that so far, 3,933,209 people had been tested for the virus in the country.

(NAN).

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