COVID-19: Nigeria Records More Deaths With 1565 New Infections

NCDC stated that the country sadly recorded six additional deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the overall total in the nation since the start of the pandemic to 1,330.

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Jan 8, 2021 - 03:12 Updated: Jan 8, 2021 - 03:35
COVID-19: Nigeria Records More Deaths With 1565 New Infections
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1565 new COVID-19 infections in the country.

NCDC disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Thursday night.

The health agency stated that the country sadly recorded six additional deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the overall total in the nation since the start of the pandemic to 1,330.

It added that the new infections were reported from 24 States and the Federal Capital Territory, in the last 24 hours.

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The tweet read: ''On the 7th of January 2021, 1565 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

''Till date, 95934 cases have been confirmed, 77982 cases have been discharged and 1330 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 1565 new cases are reported from 25 states- Lagos (807), FCT (236), Kaduna (79), Oyo (57), Plateau (47), Rivers (37), Katsina (35), Edo (30), Sokoto (30), Delta (26), Kebbi (23), Ondo (20), Enugu (18), Abia (17), Ogun(17), Benue(16), Bayelsa (15), Bauchi (14), Niger (13), Kano (10), Borno (6), Imo (5), Ekiti (4), Osun (2) and Jigawa (1).

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