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Health News of Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Nigeria records 1,617 new coronavirus cases, 14 deaths

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 86 deaths across the country within a week, with 1,617 fresh infections recorded in 17 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) on Monday, January 18.

With this, a total of 1,449 persons have now died of the virus' complications in the country with 14 new fatalities as the latest.

Again, Lagos tops other states with Kaduna coming second.

Below is the breakdown of the new cases.

Lagos-776

Kaduna-147

Kwara-131

FCT-102

Plateau-78

Edo-59

Ogun-53

Osun-45

Rivers-37

Taraba-36

Nasarawa-34

Adamawa-33

Kano-26

Delta-20

Ebonyi-16

Bayelsa-11

Gombe-11

Borno-2