COVID-19: Nigeria Records 1,303 New Cases, 15 Deaths

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Nigeria has recorded 1,303 new COVID-19 infections with 15 additional deaths from COVID-19 complications, bringing the total number of death toll in the country to 1,522.

This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday via its official website.

The 1,303 new cases of COVID-19 recorded has tolled the total number of infection in the country to 124,299.

The new infections were reported in 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

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The centre said that Lagos, FCT and Nasarawa recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections on Monday, with 478, 211 and 83 cases respectively.

Others state with new infections are Rivers-72, Kwara-42, Edo-36, Ondo-34, Benue-32, Kaduna-32, Katsina-26, Plateau-26, Kano-25, Taraba-25, Osun-22, Delta-21, Oyo-21, Niger-19, Sokoto-18, Ebonyi-17, Ekiti-14, Gombe-13, Ogun-12, Bauchi-11, Zamfara-eight, Borno-four and Jigawa-one.

So far 1,270,523 people have been tested since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020.