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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,398 new COVID-19 infections in the country.<\/p>\n

The health agency disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The centre also confirmed nine new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the nation\u2019s death toll to 1,382.<\/p>\n

It added that the new infections were recorded from 22 States and the Federal Capital Territory, in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

It disclosed that Lagos recorded the highest toll with 542 cases followed by FCT 131.<\/p>\n

NCDC tweeted, \u201c1,398 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Lagos-542
\nFCT-131
\nOyo -120
\nRivers -113
\nPlateau -111
\nKaduna -71
\nKwara -71
\nAkwa Ibom -34
\nSokoto -31
\nBenue -28
\nOgun -27
\nKano -26
\nKebbi -17
\nOsun -12
\nNasarawa -11
\nDelta -10
\nGombe -10
\nBayelsa-9
\nBorno -9
\nEdo -8
\nEkiti-3
\nJigawa-2
\nKatsina-2
\n103,999 confirmed
\n82,555 discharged
\n1,382 deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,398 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The health agency disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Wednesday night. The centre also confirmed nine new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the nation\u2019s death toll to 1,382. 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