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COVID-19: NCDC reports fresh cases in 10 states

Nigeria’s COVID-19 statistics now stands at 65,982 confirmed cases, 61,782 patients discharged and 1,165 deaths.

• November 21, 2020
NCDC DG
NCDC DG, Chile Ihekweazu

Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) says it recorded 143 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country in the last 24 hours.

The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday.

The public health agency said that the infections brought the total number of cases  in the country to 65,982.

Nigeria has so far tested 728,128 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, 2020.

NCDC stated that the 143 new cases were  reported from 10 states of the federation and the FCT, namely Lagos (70), Kaduna (25), FCT (22), Ogun (11), Plateau (4), Oyo (4), Ekiti (3), Osun (2), Edo (1), and Kano (1).

The centre added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) was activated at Level 3, which continued to coordinate national response activities.

The NCDC said that till date, 65,982 cases were confirmed, 61,782 patients discharged and 1,165 deaths were recorded in 36 states and the FCT.  

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