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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday announced 56 new COVID-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n

NCDC gave the update on its official Twitter account.<\/p>\n

This means Nigeria now has 66,439 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and 62,241 persons have recovered.<\/p>\n

The health agency said the COVID-19 death toll in the country has risen from 1167 to 1168.<\/p>\n

It noted that the 56 new infections were reported in nine States, including the FCT in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

NCDC tweeted, \u201c56 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
\nKaduna-18
\nFCT-17
\nLagos-6
\nPlateau-5
\nKano-3
\nKwara-2
\nYobe-2
\nEkiti-1
\nNiger-1
\nRivers-1
\n66,439 confirmed
\n62,241 discharged
\n1,168 deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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