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Nigeria records 15 more COVID-19 deaths

By Uchechi Ojo January 27, 2021408 views

Nigeria on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, added 15 more deaths to its coronavirus toll, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

In a late-night tweet, the disease control agency added that 1,303 new cases had been confirmed nationwide.

To date, 124,299 cases have been confirmed, 99,276 cases discharged and 1522 deaths recorded across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Tuesday’s new cases were reported from 26 states, including Lagos (478), FCT (211), Nasarawa (83), Rivers (72), Kwara (42), Edo (36), Ondo (34), Benue and Kaduna (32) cases each, Katsina and Plateau (26) cases each, Kano and Taraba (25) cases each, Osun (22), Delta and Oyo (21) cases each, Niger (19), Sokoto (18), Ebonyi (17), Ekiti (14), Gombe (13), Ogun (12), Bauchi (11), Zamfara (8), Borno (4) and Jigawa (1).

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