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52 cases, two death of  COVID 19 virus recorded

Only 52 cases of COVID 19, virus with two deaths were reported in the country on  Wednesday. This happened  in just six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The new figure raised the total number of infections recorded in Nigeria to 165,273, an update published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night indicates.

The country also recorded two new deaths on Wednesday, about seven days since it reported the last death from the virus.

This brings the total number of deaths from the virus in Nigeria to 2,065.

The number of deaths recorded from the virus has declined with only two deaths recorded in the last 21 days.

The new COVID-19 cases were reported in seven states: Taraba-18, FCT-9, Rivers-9, Lagos-7, Akwa Ibom-6, Kano-2 and Kaduna-1.

A breakdown of the data shows that 32 people were discharged on Wednesday after testing negative for the virus. This brings the total number of discharged persons after treatment to 155,403.

There was no recorded case of recovery from isolation centres across the country on Wednesday, according to the infectious disease body.

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