{"id":23034,"date":"2020-03-25T16:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T16:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23034"},"modified":"2020-03-25T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T16:27:32","slug":"nigeria-confirms-two-new-cases-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-confirms-two-new-cases-of-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria confirms two new cases of coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>One of the new cases was confirmed in Osun and another in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday, on its official Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p>Both confirmed cases are said to be returning travellers to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The cases of the global pandemic in the country have risen to 46 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The post read: \u201cTwo new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in Lagos and 1 in Osun<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth cases are returning travellers to Nigeria in the last 7 days<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs at 07:00 am 25th March, there are 46 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with 1 death.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Two new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria. One of the new cases was confirmed in Osun and another in Lagos State. This was disclosed by the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday, on its official Twitter page. Both confirmed cases are said to be returning travellers to Nigeria. 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