Nigeria Records 410 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Near 50,000

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the news in a late-night tweet.

The country’s virus epicentre, Lagos, reported 210 new cases, while the FCT posted 45 new infections.

Other states with new cases include: Ondo-30, Plateau-21, Edo-19, Ogun-16, Oyo-13, Nasarawa-12, Bauchi-11, Enugu-10, Kwara-7, Kaduna-6, Anambra-4, Ebonyi-3, Abia-2, Rivers-1.

Four new deaths were recorded on Tuesday as the total toll from the virus reached 981.

However, the number of recovered patients rose to 37,051.

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