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COVID-19: 351 Discharged As NCDC Confirms 118 Fresh Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday disclosed that the country had recorded 118 new cases in 14 states.

The agency disclosed this in its daily situation report of the virulent infection.

Of the 118 new cases, Lagos topped the list with 41 new cases, followed by Rivers with 19, and Osun with 17.

Plateau and Akwa Ibom had the least number of new cases with one positive sample each.

For the third consecutive day, the country also didn’t record any death as the fatality count for october stands at one leaving the current death toll at 1,113.

Lagos has recorded the most fatalities with over 200 deaths, followed by Edo with 107, and the federal capital territory (FCT) with 79.

Zamfara and Kogi currently have the least number of deaths with five and two fatalities, respectively, although both states have ranked very low in testing capacity..

Out of 59,583 coronavirus infections now confirmed, 7,162 are still active cases while 51,308 have been discharged.

On the tally of active cases, Lagos still has the highest figure with 4,238 patients.

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