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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded one death and an additional 272 coronavirus infections in Nigeria as at July 24.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the latest infections figure shows a decline, compared with 317 cases announced on July 23, an 18-week high in infections.The public health agency said that COVID-19 related deaths in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country currently stood at 2,132 since the pandemic hit the country.

It noted that Lagos State, Nigeria’s epi-centre of the disease and economic hub, again recorded the highest number of new infections with 182 confirmed cases. States that recorded fresh infections include Oyo State , Abia , Ogun , Ekiti State , Delta and Plateau . Meanwhile, the NCDC has alerted that COVID-19 infection rate has worsened at entry points with 32 per cent rise in one week.

 

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