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616 Nigerians dead as Covid-19 infections exceeds 27,000

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 626 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 27,110.

Thirteen deaths were recorded from the virus on Thursday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 616.

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The Ondo commissioner for health, Wahab Adegbenro, was reported to have died from the virus on Thursday.

There was a drop in the number of confirmed cases reported on Thursday (626) compared to what was reported on Wednesday (790).

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Wednesday’s figure was the country’s highest yet.

The health agency in a tweet Thursday night said the new cases were reported in 20 states.

These are Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oyo, Edo, Kwara, Abia, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Osun, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Enugu, Kaduna, Plateau, Borno, Bauchi, Adamawa, Gombe, and Sokoto States.

All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus.

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As of the time of reporting, 35 states and the FCT have recorded at least a case of the disease. Only one state, Cross River, is yet to officially report any case of the virus although there are controversies about it.

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