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Just in:As Nigeria records 17 new deaths from Coronavirus



Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday night confirmed 220 new cases of COVID-19 in the country and a total of 17 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Lagos recorded 62 new cases, While Abuja recorded 52 new cases, Newswatch reports.


The spread of the virus in Kaduna was high as the state recorded 31 new cases.

Sokoto recorded 13 new cases while Kebbi state has 10 new cases, NCDC also announced 9 new cases in Yobe State.

Borno state recorded 6 new cases as Edo and Bauchi states recorded 5 new cases respectively. Oyo, Gombe, and Enugu recorded a total of four cases each, and Zamfara state got three new cases.

Nasarawa, Osun, Ebonyi, Kwara, Kano, and Plateau states all recorded 2 new cases according to the NCDC.

In total, Nigeria has now confirmed 2388 cases of COVID19, discharged 385 persons, while 85 persons have died of the virus

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