{"id":29190,"date":"2020-08-27T13:48:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=29190"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:48:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:48:36","slug":"nigeria-records-low-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-records-low-covid-19-cases","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records low COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that Nigeria recorded 221 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>The 221 new cases announced on Wednesday was the lowest number of cases recorded in the country for sometime.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC said that there were more persons who died of COVID-19 related complications in the country in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>It said the national death toll is 1,010.<\/p>\n<p>The agency further stated that the total number of recovered cases in the country now stand st 40,281.<\/p>\n<p>It said the 221 new cases were reported in 20 states.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said that Plateau State reported 60, which was the highest of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Among others were FCT, 33, Kaduna, 26, Rivers, 18, Lagos, 17, Enugu, 9 , Kwara, 9, Ondo, 9, Nasarawa, 6, Gombe, 5, Anambra, 5, Delta, 4, Abia, 4, Imo, 3, Edo, 2, Ogun, 2, Oyo, 2, Osun, 2, Bauchi, 1, and Kano, 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that Nigeria recorded 221 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. 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