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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that ten patients have died as a result of COVID-19 related complications in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

The health agency made this known via its Twitter account on Monday, adding that 397 new infections of the virus were also recorded in the country.<\/p>\n

The NCDC said that the new infections were reported from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which brought the country\u2019s total number of infected people to 84,811.<\/p>\n

It also stated that there are 12,126 active cases across the country, while 323 patients across the country had been discharged after testing negative for the virus.<\/p>\n

The NCDC said that 144 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, 83 in Plateau, 48 in Kaduna, 36 in Adamawa and 22 in Rivers.<\/p>\n

While Oyo reported 16 cases, Kebbi 10, Nasarawa and Sokoto had seven cases each.<\/p>\n

Five cases each were confirmed in the FCT and Kano; four in Edo, Jigawa 3, Ogun and Akwa Ibom state had 2 cases, while Niger, Bauchi and Zamfara had 1 each.<\/p>\n

The NCDC stated that till date, 84,811 cases have been confirmed, 71,357, discharged and 1,264 deaths recorded in the 36 states and the FCT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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