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643 new COVID-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 140,391. Deaths, recoveries updated
Nigeria on Monday recorded 643 fresh COVID-19 cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It added that the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria stood at 1,673 as of Monday night.
Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 140,391.
Read also: Nigeria expecting 58m doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX and AVATT – Health minister
However, Nigeria has recorded 114,635 recoveries since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country last year.
The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Oyo (88), Lagos (86), Rivers (55), Edo (54), Akwa Ibom (53), Adamawa (52), Plateau (45), Kaduna (41), FCT (34), and Kwara (27).
Others are – Benue (20), Kano (19), Delta (18), Nasarawa (16), Niger (15), Bayelsa (11), Borno (5), Bauchi (2), and Sokoto (2).
“Total confirmed COVID-19 cases: 140,391.
“Discharged: 114,635 AND Deaths: 1,673.”
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