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Health News of Thursday, 8 July 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Nigeria records 110 new coronavirus infections

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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 110 new cases of the novel coronavirus with no related death.

This was disclosed on its official website on the morning of Thursday, July 8, 2021.

The health agency noted that 2,122 Nigerians have died so far from the virus while the rise in infections has taken the total number of affected persons to 168,110.

It added that the 110 cases were reported from six states and the FCT, with Lagos State recording 88, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the state to 59,987, with 58,515 discharged and 456 deaths.

The NCDC said that Rivers recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19, noting that “this brings the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 7,351 with 7,187 discharged and 101 deaths.”

Other states were Akwa Ibom; 4, Jigawa; 2, Ogun; 2, while the FCT and Kano State recorded one each.