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Only 8 States Report New Cases Of COVID-19

51,403 patients have been discharged, while the death toll has remained 1,113 for four days running.

The NCDC DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, is an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Consultant in Public Health Medicine / Photo credit: guardian.ng

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday reported 155 new cases of COVID-19 infections in eight states of the country.

The total number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease now stands at 59,738, with 7,222 still active.

51,403 patients have been discharged, while the death toll has remained 1,113 for four days running.

Lagos State reported the highest number of new cases with 84 infections. The state still has the most confirmed cases, reporting 19,776 of which 4,322 are still active.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which reported only seven new cases has 5,765 confirmed cases.

467 are active cases. Plateau reported no new case case but 617 active cases and 3,498 confirmed.

The six remaining states that reported new cases include Rivers, which had 31 cases, Kaduna with 12 and Osun with 10 new infections.

Oyo State had six new cases, Ogun State had three, while Kwara State reported two new infections of the coronavirus disease.

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