JUST IN: NCDC confirms 32 COVID-19 Delta Variant cases in four states, FCT

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Thirty-two Delta variant cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in five states across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed.

The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, spoke about this during the resumed briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on Monday in Abuja.

Nineteen of the cases were reported in Akwa Ibom State.

Ihekweazu listed Lagos, Rivers, and Oyo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as the places where at least one case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the country.

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