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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said the total number of active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country has risen to 17,670.<\/p>\n

This was contained in data published on the official website of the health agency on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The data indicated that the country has recorded 159,646 cases of the virus, with 139,983 recoveries and 1,993 deaths across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the country on Wednesday recorded 394 new cases in 18 states and FCT.<\/p>\n

Also about five patients died in the last 24 hours due to complications from the dreaded virus.<\/p>\n

According to the Wednesday report, states with new cases include: Bauchi-75, Lagos-36, Akwa Ibom-33, FCT-32, Nasarawa-29, Kaduna-26, Rivers-25, Ogun-22.<\/p>\n

Others are: Oyo-21, Edo-20, Taraba-18, Imo-17, Ondo-17, Borno-8, Plateau-7, Zamfara-4, Osun-3 and Kano-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said the total number of active cases of coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country has risen to 17,670. This was contained in data published on the official website of the health agency on Wednesday night. 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