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As the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 269 new cases of the deadly virus in 19 states and the federal capital territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n

This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC<\/a>) in its daily update on Sunday, March 7, 2021.<\/p>\n

According to the centre,\u00a0Enugu recorded 78 new cases, the highest for the day.<\/p>\n

Other states with new cases include Bauchi-37, \u00a0Rivers-22, \u00a0Imo-18, Ogun-16, FCT-15, Akwa Ibom-13, \u00a0Kaduna-13, Kebbi-11, \u00a0Kwara-9, \u00a0Edo-7, \u00a0Ekiti-6, \u00a0Borno-5, \u00a0Yobe-5, \u00a0Kano-4, \u00a0Nasarawa-3, \u00a0Osun-3, \u00a0Anambra-2 and Plateau-2.<\/p>\n

The agency also disclosed that they were 80 community recoveries in Kwara State.<\/p>\n

Nigeria now has a total of 158,506 confirmed cases 137, 875 patients have been discharged so far with 1,969 deaths recorded.<\/p>\n

In a related news, WITHIN NIGERIA reported that as the battle against COVID-19 continues, Nigeria has recorded 195 new cases of deadly virus in 16 states and the federal capital territory, Abuja<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC<\/a>) in its daily update on Saturday, March 6.<\/p>\n

According to the centre,\u00a0Lagos recorded 70 new cases.<\/p>\n

Other states with fresh cases include Kaduna-22, Abia-20, Edo-18, Kano-10, Akwa Ibom-9, Rivers-7, FCT-7, Borno-6, Bauchi-5, Osun-5, Oyo-5, Plateau-3, Ekiti-3, Niger-2, Ogun-2 and Zamfara-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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