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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced five new COVID-19 deaths in the country, which brings the total death cases to 689.
The NCDC stated this on its official website and Twitter page while delivering the daily COVID-19 update.
According to the tweet, 30748 cases have been confirmed in the country, 12546 cases have been discharged and 689 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory respectively.
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However, the 499 new cases were reported from 24 states- Lagos (157)which is the epicenter of the cases, followed by Edo (59); Ondo (56); Oyo (31); Akwa Ibom (22); Borno (21); Plateau (19); Kaduna (18); Katsina (18); Bayelsa (17); FCT (17); Delta (14); Kano (11); Rivers (10); Enugu (8); Ogun (6); Kwara (4); Imo (3); Nasarawa (2); Osun (2); Abia (1); Ekiti (1); Niger (1); Yobe (1) respectively.
The agency also confirmed that in a bid to curb the spread of the virus, it has expanded its testing laboratory from five to forty across states in the country.
“We started from five testing laboratories at the beginning of the response to forty currently. We remain committed to working with every state to estimate the burden of #COVID19 across Nigeria. Collective responsibility is key” The Centre added.
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