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Nigeria records 15 new deaths as Covid-19 infections near 30,000

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Femi Ajasa
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 503 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 29,789.

The NCDC published the new cases via its Twitter handle on Tuesday with Lagos, Ondo and Edo leading.

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Fifteen deaths were recorded from the virus on Tuesday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 669.

Lagos tops the chart with 153 new cases.

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Ondo, which recorded 18 new infections on Monday moved up to 76, while Edo rakes in 54 new infections.

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