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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 685 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 131,242.<\/p>\n

The NCDC made this known via its official Twitter account on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The latest update takes the country\u2019s infection tally to 131,242, the sixth-highest in Africa behind Ethiopia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and South Africa.<\/p>\n

The health agency sadly announced eight coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the country\u2019s number of deaths to 1,586.<\/p>\n

It stated that the new cases were reported across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory \uff08FCT\uff09.<\/p>\n

NCDC said that Lagos state recorded the highest number of the new cases with 355 infections, while Kaduna, Nasarawa and Kano confirmed 58, 46 and 40 new cases respectively.<\/p>\n

Amongst other states with new cases were Akwa Ibom-33, Katsina-26, Ogun-25, Osun-21, Rivers-16, Edo-15, Oyo-13, Ondo-12, Borno-11, Ekiti-nine, Kebbi-three\uff0c and Plateau-two.<\/p>\n

The centre, however, said that the number of recoveries currently stands at 104,989, with additional 1,277 patients discharged across the country in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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