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Nigeria records 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, total now 94,369

Nigeria records 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, total now 94,369

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,664 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 94,369.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday.

“1664 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-642 FCT-407 Plateau-160 Kaduna-83 Rivers-62 Adamawa-47 Nasarawa-38 Abia-29 Edo-28 Anambra-27 Niger-24 Ogun-24 Imo-15 Oyo-14 Kano-12 Osun-12 Borno-9 Delta-7 Enugu-7 Bauchi-5 Ekiti-5 Sokoto-5 Jigawa-2.” the NCDC said.

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According to NCDC, “Our discharges today include 388 community recoveries in Lagos State, 261 in Kaduna State, 87 in Plateau State and 20 in Imo State managed in line with guidelines.”

However five persons were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday, increasing the current fatality to 1324 and 930 people were discharged across the country.

Nigeria has a total number of 94,349 cases now confirmed across the 36 states including FCT, but 77,299 people have recovered.

A total of 94,369 cases have now been confirmed across the 36 states and the FCT, but 77,299 people have recovered.