Breaking: Nigeria’s Covid-19 Infections Hit 1,532

Hamilton Nwosa
Writer

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By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data tracking desk)

The figures of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Nigeria have continued to rise as fresh 195 infections were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

This latest development effectively brings the  figures nationwide to 1532. The NCDC in a tweet disclosed that the new cases were reported in fifteen states as follows: Lagos, Kano Ogun, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Sokoto, Edo, Jigawa, Zamfara, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, FCT, Nasarawa.

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