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The NCDC announced that the 112 new infections recorded in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FC T) shot up total cases in the country to 64,996.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 112 new infections of the coronavirus disease in the country.

This was made known via the health agency’s verified website on Saturday.

The NCDC announced that the 112 new infections recorded in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FC T) shot up total cases in the country to 64,996.

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The centre also stated that, of the 112 new cases, FCT and Oyo State had 27 each, followed by Bayelsa and Rivers with nine infections each and Delta with seven infections.

Edo, Kaduna and Ogun have five each; Anambra, Katsina, Ondo, Osun and Plateau reported three each; Niger two, while Kano had one.

In all, Nigeria had so far tested 705,809 people since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on February 27 2020.

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