{"id":25395,"date":"2020-05-22T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T13:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=25395"},"modified":"2020-05-22T13:50:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T13:50:52","slug":"nigeria-records-339-cases-of-covid-19-as-toll-hits-7016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-records-339-cases-of-covid-19-as-toll-hits-7016","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records 339 cases of COVID-19 as toll hits 7016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, announced 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC made the confirmation in a post on its official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos recorded the highest number with 139 cases, while Kano State recorded 28 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria now has a total of 7016 confirmed cases.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC tweeted: \u201c339 new cases of #COVID19;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c139-Lagos, 28-Kano, 28-Oyo, 25-Edo<\/p>\n<p>22-Katsina, 18-Kaduna, 14-Jigawa, 13-Yobe<\/p>\n<p>13-Plateau, 11-FCT, 8-Gombe, 5-Ogun, 4-Bauchi,4-Nasarawa, 3-Delta, 2-Ondo, 1-Rivers<\/p>\n<p>1-Adamawa State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c7016 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDischarged: 1907.Deaths: 211.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, announced 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. NCDC made the confirmation in a post on its official Twitter handle. Lagos recorded the highest number with 139 cases, while Kano State recorded 28 cases. Nigeria now has a total of 7016 confirmed cases. 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