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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 343 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.<\/p>\n

The centre announced this via its verified website.<\/p>\n

This latest update takes the total number of cases in the country to 68,303.<\/p>\n

The public health agency disclosed that fourteen states plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reported new infections.<\/p>\n

According to NCDC, FCT recorded the highest number of cases with 123 followed by Lagos, Kaduna, Nasarawa and Rivers with 106, 72,14, and , 5, respectively.<\/p>\n

Other states were Oyo, 7; Bayelsa, 5; Taraba, 4; and Sokoto, 1.<\/p>\n

The tweet read: @343 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria:<\/p>\n

\u201cFCT-123, Lagos-106, Kaduna-72, Nasarawa -14, Rivers-5, Bauchi-4, Imo-4, Ogun-4, Ekiti-3, Edo-2, Oyo -2, Plateau-2, Akwa Ibom-1, Kano-1.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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