{"id":23690,"date":"2020-04-09T16:31:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23690"},"modified":"2020-04-09T16:31:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:31:15","slug":"lagos-confirms-15-new-cases-as-toll-hits-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lagos-confirms-15-new-cases-as-toll-hits-276","title":{"rendered":"Lagos confirms 15 new cases, as toll hits 276"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has confirmed fifteen new cases of coronavirus in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Nigeria recorded 22 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 276.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-two new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo,\u201d NCDC tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the development, Prof Abayomi on Twitter said \u201cUpdate as at 8 April, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLagos Confirms 15 new cases of #COVID19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 15 new cases brings the total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases to 145 Practice #SocialDistancingNow to stop the chain of #COVID19 transmission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s #TakeResponsibility #ForAGreaterLagos.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi has confirmed fifteen new cases of coronavirus in the state. 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