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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The total active cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) across the country has risen to 7,782.<\/p>\n

This follows the confirmation of 67 new cases by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.<\/p>\n

The agency made the announcement on Friday night in a post on its verified Facebook page.<\/p>\n

So far, the country has recorded 164,147 cases since inception with 2,061 deaths while about 154,304 patients have been successfully treated and discharged.<\/p>\n

The post reads: \u201c67 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

Lagos-26
\nKaduna-11
\nAkwa Ibom-8
\nRivers-8
\nOgun-5
\nKano-3
\nOsun-3
\nFCT-2
\nPlateau-1<\/p>\n

164,147 confirmed
\n154,304 discharged
\n2,061 deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cA breakdown of cases by state can be found on the centre\u2019s website.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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