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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1544 new COVID-19 infections in the country.<\/p>\n

NCDC disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The health agency reported that the country sadly recorded twelve additional deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the overall total in the nation since the start of the pandemic to 1,342.<\/p>\n

It added that the new infections were recorded from 20 States and the Federal Capital Territory, in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

NCDC tweeted: \u201c1544 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
\nLagos-739
\nPlateau-168
\nFCT-153
\nOyo-91
\nNasarawa-90
\nRivers-80
\nKaduna-35
\nEdo-33
\nKano-29
\nOgun-21
\nDelta-19
\nSokoto-16
\nAkwa Ibom-11
\nEbonyi-11
\nEnugu-10
\nOsun-10
\nNiger-9
\nBauchi-8
\nKebbi-8
\nKatsina-2<\/p>\n

Taraba-1<\/p>\n

97,478 confirmed
\n78,552 discharged
\n1,342 deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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