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[Breaking] COVID-19: Abia Cases Beat Lagos, As Nigeria Records 260 New Cases
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Nigeria, on Sunday, announced that it has recorded 260 new cases of coronavirus in the country.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, via a tweet on its verified Twitter page.
According to the report by NCDC, Abia for the first time has more cases than other states.
The tweet reads: “260 new cases of #COVID19; Abia-67 FCT-40 Lagos-38 Ogun-19 Gombe-16 Edo-14 Imo-9 Kwara-8 Katsina-8 Nasarawa-8 Borno-8 Kaduna-6 Bauchi-5 Ekiti-4 Niger-2 Ondo-2 Plateau-2 Kano-2 Sokoto-2 12,486 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 3,959 Deaths: 354