Just In: Another Grim Figure As Covid-19 Cases Surpass 23,000 In Nigeria

'Dotun Akintomide
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Nigeria’s Covid-19 latest figures released on Friday night reveal that the country’s total has reached 23,298 after 684 new cases were reported.Covid-19

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According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) daily update for Friday, June 26, which was made public via its verified Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, the breakdown of the latest figure as as follows:

Lagos-259

Ogun-23

Edo-22

Osun-22

Ebonyi-21

FCT-20

Kaduna-16

Ondo-10

Imo-9

Abia-9

Gombe-5

Plateau-4

Bauchi-4

Ekiti-2

Anambra-1

23,298 confirmed

8,253 discharged

554 deaths

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