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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has recorded 153 new COVID-19 cases in 13 states and the FCT in an update released on Thursday.
Lagos recorded 81 of the 153 cases, followed by Rivers with 21 and FCT with 11.
The rest are “Ogun – 8 Kaduna – 7 Oyo – 6 Akwa Ibom – 5 Osun – 3 Katsina – 3 Edo – 2 Ebonyi – 2 Nasarawa – 2 Plateau – 1 Kano – 1”
The total confirmed figures so far in Nigeria now stands at 59,001 of which 50,452 have been discharged.
The infections have however claimed 1,112 lives in Nigeria.