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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 57 fresh cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in seven states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n

The development brings the total number of confirmed cases so far to 163,793.<\/p>\n

The health agency made the announcement on Sunday night while giving an update via its official website.<\/p>\n

NCDC also confirmed the recovery and discharge of nine patients.<\/p>\n

So far, about 154,107 patients have recovered from the virus, while 2,060 persons have died in the country.<\/p>\n

The report reads: \u201c57 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

FCT-20
\nLagos-19
\nBayelsa-7
\nKaduna-4
\nRivers-3
\nOsun-3
\nJigawa-1<\/p>\n

163,793 confirmed
\n154,107 discharged
\n2,060 deaths\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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