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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Lagos topped the COVID-19 chart with 599 new cases out of the 1,051 cases recorded in Nigeria on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The NCDC made this known via its Website on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

It added that Nigeria now has 221,071 COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n

The centre said that no fatalities were recorded in the country.<\/p>\n

The NCDC noted that the pandemic has claimed 2,983 lives across the country since the outbreak in 2020.<\/p>\n

The centre said the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded 238 cases while Rivers recorded 79) cases.<\/p>\n

It said that Oyo recorded 51, Ondo (32), Plateau (20), Akwa Ibom (11), Ogun (7), Bayelsa (5), Kano (5), and Kwara (4).<\/p>\n

The NCDC stated that 211,345 have so far been discharged.<\/p>\n

The NCDC said that 3,686,403 people have been tested for the virus.<\/p>\n

It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre, activated at Level II, continues to coordinate the national response activities.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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