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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 120 new cases of coronavirus, COVID-19 in seven states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja.<\/p>\n

NCDC made the confirmation on Tuesday night via a post on its verified Facebook page.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that the new figures remain the highest reported daily cases in nearly one month.<\/p>\n

The development brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 164,423.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the active cases been managed by the agency across the country, has jumped to 7,978.<\/p>\n

So far, about 154,384 patients have recovered from the virus since its outbreak in the country.<\/p>\n

However, 2,061 persons have died due to its complications.<\/p>\n

The post reads: \u201c120 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n

Enugu-53
\nLagos-22
\nRivers-18
\nOgun-8
\nFCT-7
\nAbia-6
\nKano-5
\nBauchi-1<\/p>\n

164,423 confirmed
\n154384 discharged
\n2,061 deaths<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s report includes data from Enugu recorded between the 14th and 19th of April, 2021\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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