COVID 19: Nigeria Reports 229 New Cases As Total Infections Hit 8,068

Babajide Okeowo
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COVID-19 cases in Nigeria surpassed the 8, 000 mark on Monday with 229 cases reported by the country, despite efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic.

The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter.

This takes the country’s total infections to 8,068 out of which 2,311 have been discharged with 233 losing their lives.COVID 19

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Data from the NCDC showed that the cases were spread across 14 states and the FCT with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 90 cases.

Lagos was followed by Katsina-27, Imo-26, Kano-23, FCT-14 and Plateau-12
Others were Ogun-9, Delta-7, Borno-5, Rivers-5, Oyo-4, and Gombe-3.

Osun had two cases while Anambra and Bayelsa had 1 case each.

Cross Rivers and Kogi still maintained their status of no case of COVID 19 yet.

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