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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 131 new cases of COVID-19 in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n

This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country so far to 161,868.<\/p>\n

The health agency made the announcement on Monday night via a tweet on its official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n

NCDC also announced 125 community recoveries managed in Lagos and the FCT.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that no death has been recorded in the last three days.<\/p>\n

So far, about 148,125 patients have recovered from the dreaded ailment while no fewer than 2030 have died.<\/p>\n

The tweet reads: \u201c131 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

Lagos-64
\nRivers-12
\nKaduna-11
\nPlateau-9
\nJigawa-8
\nBayelsa-6
\nOndo-5
\nEbonyi-4
\nFCT-4
\nOsun-4
\nBorno-1
\nKano-1
\nOgun-1
\nOyo-1<\/p>\n

161,868 confirmed
\n148,125 discharged
\n2030 deaths<\/p>\n

\u201cOur discharges today include 102 community recoveries in Lagos State and 23 in FCT are managed in line with guidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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