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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 1,624 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n

The development brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 137,654.<\/p>\n

The health agency made the announcement last night while giving the usual daily report on its website.<\/p>\n

NCDC also confirmed 7 fatalities, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country to 1,641.<\/p>\n

The agency also confirmed the recovery and discharge of 916 patients from its isolation centres. So far, 111,639 patients have recovered across the country.<\/p>\n

The report reads: \u201c1624 new cases of #COVID19 Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Lagos-535
\nPlateau-183
\nOsun-98
\nAkwa Ibom-85
\nFCT-83
\nOndo-77
\nNasarawa-72
\nEdo-69
\nOyo-63
\nRivers-52
\nTaraba-48
\nOgun-44
\nBorno-31
\nKwara-31
\nEkiti-30
\nBenue-25
\nKano-21
\nNiger-21
\nKaduna-18
\nAbia-15
\nDelta-10
\nBayelsa-7
\nZamfara-6<\/p>\n

137,654 confirmed
\n111,639 discharged
\n1,641 deaths<\/p>\n

\u201cOur discharges today include 831 community recoveries in Lagos State and 85 in Kaduna State managed in line with guidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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