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

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night, announced 100 new COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n

The new cases were reported from 10 states \u2013 Lagos (39), FCT (22), Kaduna (19), Oyo (7), Ebonyi (6), Edo (3), Katsina (1), Ekiti (1), Bauchi (1), Nasarawa (1)<\/p>\n

It brought the total in the country to 55,0085, six months after the index case was diagnosed.<\/p>\n

Out of that number, 43,013 patients have been discharged and 1,057 deaths have been recorded.<\/p>\n

Lagos still has the highest number with 18,347, while Kogi has reported only five.<\/p>\n

Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari approved Phase III of the National Response on COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in the country.<\/p>\n

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Africa Press-Nigeria: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night, announced 100 new COVID-19 cases. 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