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Cross River Joins the List as NCDC Confirms 575 New COVID-19 Infections

After more than four months of recording no infection according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Cross River has now joined the list of states affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Out of the the 575 samples that were confirmed positive on Monday by the NCDC, five were from Cross River.

The confirmation for Cross River comes three days after Ikpeme Ikpeme, chief medical director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), disclosed that five patients — including two health workers — tested positive for COVID-19 in the hospital.

With the latest development, all 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) now have confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The number of recoveries also recorded another drop with 161 persons discharged on Monday, while nine patients were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications.

Out of Nigeria’s confirmed total of 29,286 cases, 11,828 people have recovered, while 654 deaths have been recorded.

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