Covid-19: 204 New Cases, Jack Figures To 1,932

Hamilton Nwosa
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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 204 cases were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night.

This latest development effectively brings the figures nationwide to 1932. The NCDC in a tweet disclosed that the new cases were reported in eighteen states as follows: Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Bauchi, Sokoto, Borno, Edo, Rivers, Ogun, FCT, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Kaduna, Oyo, Delta, Nasarawa, Ondo, Kebbi.

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