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Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Hit 11,844, Ranked 3rd In Africa

BY LEVI JOHNSON

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced on Friday that Nigeria recorded 328 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 11, 844.

It said the agency’s report 121 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 70 in the FCT, and 25 in Bauchi.

Other affected states were Rivers with 18 cases, Oyo with 16, 15 in Kaduna, 14 in Gombe, 13 in Edo and Ogun, eight in Jigawa, six in Enugu, five in Kano and two each in Ondo and Osun states.

Lagos-102
Ogun-34
FCT-29
Borno-26
Kaduna-23
Rivers-21
Ebonyi-17
Kwara -16
Katsina-14
Edo-10
Delta-10
Kano-10
Bauchi-10
Bayelsa-9
Imo-8
Plateau-4
Ondo-3
Nasarawa-2
Gombe-1
Oyo-1

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Nearly four months since Nigeria recorded its first case in the country, the figures have continued to rise with Lagos still the epicentre after a record 5,663 cases, closely followed by Kano State with 985 cases and the FCT with 862 cases.

With the latest figures, Nigeria is ranked third on the list of most infected African nations after South Africa and Egypt.

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