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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) has announced 423 fresh cases of coronavirus, bringing the country’s total tally to 47,290.
According to NCDC, the new cases were spread across 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
NCDC explained that Lagos, the country’s pandemic epicentre, witnessed 117 new cases followed by the FCT with 40 cases, while Ondo and Rivers states recorded 35 and 28 cases respectively.
It stated that Osun recorded 24 more cases, Benue, 21, Abia, 19, Ogun, 19, Ebonyi, 18, Delta and Kwara, 17 each while Kaduna and Anambra recorded 15 and 14 cases respectively.
Among other states with new cases were Ekiti, 11, Kano, 9, Imo, 6, Gombe, 4, Oyo, 3, Bauchi, 1, Edo 1 and Nasarawa, 1.