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COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 32 Delta Variant Cases In Four States, FCT
- Lagos, Cross River, and Oyo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were listed as the places where at least one case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed
Thirty-two Delta variant cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in five states across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed.
The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, spoke about this during the resumed briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on Monday in Abuja.
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Nineteen of the cases were reported in Akwa Ibom State.
Ihekweazu listed Lagos, Cross River, and Oyo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as the places where at least one case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the country.
This coming hours after the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) received another 4.8 million doses of Moderna Vaccine through COVAX.
As of today, Nigeria has recorded 2,149 deaths and confirmed over 170,000 cases of the dreaded virus.
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