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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 338 new cases of coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control confirmed this on its official Twitter page.<\/p>\n

This brings the total number of cases in Nigeria to 5959.<\/p>\n

The tweet read: \u201c\u201c338 new cases of #COVID19;<\/p>\n

177-Lagos
\n64-Kano
\n21-FCT
\n16-Rivers
\n14-Plateau
\n11-Oyo
\n9-Katsina
\n4-Jigawa
\n4-Kaduna
\n3-Abia
\n3-Bauchi
\n3-Borno
\n2-Gombe
\n2-Akwa Ibom
\n2-Delta
\n1-Ondo
\n1-Kebbi
\n1-Sokoto<\/p>\n

5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
\nDischarged: 1594
\nDeaths: 182\u2033<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: Nigeria on Sunday recorded 338 new cases of coronavirus. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control confirmed this on its official Twitter page. This brings the total number of cases in Nigeria to 5959. 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