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Benue records seven new cases of coronavirus

Nigeria has recorded 125 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 57,849 the number of confirmed cases in the country.

Announcing this Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 37 new cases; Plateau, 18; Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 17; Ogun, 15; Rivers, 10; Benue and Kaduna, seven each; Anambra, five; Oyo, three; Cross River and Ondo, two each; while Edo and Imo recorded one each.

It said: “Nigeria has so far recorded 57,849 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 49,098 patients have been discharged, while 1,102 persons have died.”

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