{"id":24424,"date":"2020-04-27T16:33:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=24424"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:33:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:33:07","slug":"gov-el-rufai-confirms-five-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-el-rufai-confirms-five-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-kaduna","title":{"rendered":"Gov El-Rufai confirms five new cases of COVID-19 in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has confirmed that the State recorded five new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed by the Governor on his Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p>He also disclosed that the State has so far tested 142 persons.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST had reported that NCDC on Sunday confirmed 91 new cases in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 1,273.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive new cases of Coronavirus as at April 26, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c142 tested, 15 confirmed cases, 6 discharged, 9 active cases, 0 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay home and stop the spread.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has confirmed that the State recorded five new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. This was confirmed by the Governor on his Twitter page. He also disclosed that the State has so far tested 142 persons. 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