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One Dead, 325 More Infected With COVID-19

The NCDC update shows there are now a total of 48,770 confirmed cases of the coronavirus Disease, with 36,290 patients discharged and 974 deaths.

The total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria has risen to 63,508 / Photo credit: Vanguardngr.com

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday reported one more death and 325 new cases of COVID-19 in country.

The NCDC update shows there are now a total of 48,770 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease, with 36,290 patients discharged and 974 deaths.

Lagos State recorded the highest number of new cases with 87, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reported 49, Gombe State had 28 and Ebonyi State had 20 cases.

In Plateau State, there were 19 new cases, 18 in Kwara State, 17 in Enugu State, 12 each in Imo and Rivers states, 11 in Kaduna State and 10 in Ogun State.

Edo and Oyo states each had nine new cases, Ondo and Osun states each had eight cases, Ekiti State had four, while Borno, Kano, Bauchi Nasarawa states each had a single case.

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