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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A total of nine hundred and ninety-nine, 999, new cases of COVID-19 infections have been recorded in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Tuesday night in a tweet via its official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n

NCDC said FCT and Lagos recorded 416 and 324 cases, respectively, while Kaduna State followed with 68 cases.<\/p>\n

Nigeria now has a total of 79,789 confirmed cases and 1,231 deaths.<\/p>\n

The tweet reads, \u201c999 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
\nFCT-416
\nLagos-324
\nKaduna-68
\nPlateau-42
\nKwara-32
\nKano-24
\nGombe-14
\nSokoto-12
\nYobe-12
\nAkwa Ibom-11
\nBayelsa-10
\nRivers-7
\nBauchi-7
\nOgun-6
\nOyo-5
\nEdo-4
\nTaraba-4
\nJigawa-1<\/p>\n

79,789 confirmed
\n68,879 discharged
\n1,231 deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A total of nine hundred and ninety-nine, 999, new cases of COVID-19 infections have been recorded in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Tuesday night in a tweet via its official Twitter handle. 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