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Nigeria records 26 new COVID-19 infections, total now 166,756

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 26 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 166,756.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday.

“26 new cases of COVID19Nigeria; Akwa Ibom-8, Cross River-8, Lagos-8, Bayelsa-1, Kaduna-1.”

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