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[Breaking] COVID-19: Nigeria Records 288 Fresh Cases, Lagos With 179, Total 5,445
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Nigeria, on Friday, announced that it has recorded 288 new cases of coronavirus in the country.
This was revealed via a tweet, by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its official Twitter page.
The tweet read: “288 new cases of #COVID19; 179-Lagos 20-Kaduna 15-Katsina 15-Jigawa 13-Borno 11-Ogun 8-Kano 7-FCT 4-Niger 4-Ekiti 3-Oyo 3-Delta 3-Bauchi 2-Kwara 1-Edo 5445 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 1320 Deaths: 171.”