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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 574 fresh cases of COVID-19 in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n

The new figure brings the total number of recorded infections in the country to 146,928.<\/p>\n

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

NCDC also announced that about 1,478 patients were discharged in Oyo, Lagos and Kwara State as total recovery jumped to 123,009.<\/p>\n

It also reported 9 deaths in the last 24-hour; so far, the country has recorded 1,761 fatalities due to complications from the dreaded virus.<\/p>\n

The report reads: \u201c574 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

Kwara- 98
\nLagos- 81
\nEdo- 59
\nOndo- 44
\nFCT- 41
\nKano- 34
\nOgun- 33
\nKaduna- 29
\nOsun- 28
\nEnugu- 23
\nRivers- 18
\nDelta- 16
\nAkwa Ibom- 15
\nBauchi- 12
\nImo- 10
\nBorno- 8
\nNiger- 8
\nKebbi- 7
\nNasarawa- 5
\nGombe- 3
\nEkiti- 2<\/p>\n

146,928 confirmed
\n123,009 discharged
\n1,761 deaths<\/p>\n

\u201cOur discharges today includes community recoveries in Oyo (1,198), Lagos (227) and Kwara State (53), managed in line with guidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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