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Health News of Tuesday, 17 August 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Coronavirus: Nigeria records four deaths, 584 new cases

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Nigeria recorded 584 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and four death on Monday, August 16, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.

This comes off the back of 11 and eight people dying on Friday and Saturday respectively. No fatality was recorded on Sunday.

The NCDC said the latest infections are spread across 18 states. Prior to this, the country recorded 541 a day earlier.

This is as the country resumed its suspended vaccinations against the pandemic on Monday, even as the government announced the expected arrival of additional 698,880 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

The FCT ranks third on the log with 82 cases while Ondo State picked the 4th slot with 73 new cases and Ekiti State recorded 17 to make the fifth position on the new infections chart, Premium Times reports.

Cross River State reported 13 cases, Oyo State, 11, and Ogun State reported nine, while both Delta and Osun states reported eight cases each.

Also, Bayelsa and Kaduna recorded four cases each in the new update.