Nigeria Records 675 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, Total Now 20,919

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 675 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 20,919.

According to NCDC in a tweet via its verified Twitter handle tweeted that “Lagos-288, Oyo-76, Rivers-56, Delta-31, Ebonyi-30, Gombe-28, Ondo-20, Kaduna-20, Kwara-20, Ogun-17, FCT-16, Edo-13, Abia-10, Nasarawa-9, Imo-9, Bayelsa-8, Borno-8, Katsina-8, Sokoto-3, Bauchi-3, Plateau-2, confirmed cases 20,919, discharged 7,109, deaths 525.Covid-19

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Read NCDC’s full tweets below;

 

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