The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 176 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The centre announced the new cases on Saturday night on its Twitter handle.
It put the number of persons who have recovered from the disease as 1,472 while the number of deaths was put at 176.
Meanwhile, the new cases have brought the total number of infections in the country to 5,621 cases.
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The centre tweeted: “176 new cases of #COVID19;
“95-Lagos , 31-Oyo, 11-FCT, 8-Niger, 8-Borno 6-Jigawa, 4-Kaduna, 3-Anambra, 2-Edo, 2-Rivers, 2-Nasarawa, 2-Bauch, 1-Benue and 1-Zamfara .
“5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176.”
