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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 542 fresh cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n

With the new figures, the total number of recorded cases in the country has jumped to 152,616.<\/p>\n

The public health agency made the confirmation on Monday night via its official website while giving a report on its daily recorded cases.<\/p>\n

The report indicated that the country recorded 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 1,862.<\/p>\n

The report reads, \u201c542 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

Lagos-99
\nKwara-91
\nEbonyi-48
\nOgun-44
\nKaduna-42
\nOyo-33
\nOndo-25
\nFCT-24
\nKebbi-23
\nOsun-20
\nEkiti-17
\nNasarawa-12
\nImo-11
\nDelta-10
\nGombe-9
\nKano-8
\nKatsina-7
\nRivers-7
\nEdo-5
\nPlateau-4
\nBauchi-3<\/p>\n

152,616 confirmed
\n129,300 discharged
\n1,862 deaths<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s report include:<\/p>\n

\u201c193 community recoveries in Lagos State and 113 community recoveries in Kwara State managed in line with guidelines
\nBacklog of deaths recorded in Lagos State\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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