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COVID-19: Benue records 23 new cases of coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 964 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 121,566, with Benue State recoding 23 new cases on Sunday, 24th January 2021.

Of the 964 Infections, 360 were discovered in Lagos, 88 in the FCT, and 73 in Ogun.

Nigeria has so far recorded 97,228 recoveries and 1,504 deaths from COVID-19.

Below are the number of cases and the States affected according to Sunday’s NCDC report:

Lagos-360

FCT-88

Ogun-73

Imo-72

Kaduna-67

Plateau-57

Abia-41

Osun-41

Rivers-32

Kano-26

Niger-24

Benue-23

Edo-20

Cross River-20

Akwa Ibom-8

Nasarawa-6

Zamfara-6

Ekiti-6

Jigawa-4

Lagos State being the epicenter of the infection in Nigeria has been topping the chart since the emergence of the virus in March 2020.

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