{"id":30988,"date":"2020-10-10T18:44:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30988"},"modified":"2020-10-10T18:44:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T18:44:13","slug":"nigeria-records-103-new-covid-19-cases-toll-now-59841","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-records-103-new-covid-19-cases-toll-now-59841","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Records 103 New COVID-19 Cases, Toll Now 59,841"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has increased by 103, with total infections now 59,841.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the 8th of October 2020, 103 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTill date, 59841 cases have been confirmed, 51551 cases have been discharged and 1113 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 103 new cases are reported from 13 states- Lagos (39), Rivers (21), FCT (19), Oyo (6) Kaduna (4), Bauchi (3), Ogun (3), Imo (2), Kano (2), Benue (1), Edo (1), Nasarawa (1), Plateau (1),\u201d the NCDC said.<\/p>\n<p>See the breakdown of cases by state below;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9dR1rPEXd6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tribuneonlineng.com\/nigeria-records-103-new-covid-19-cases-toll-now-59841\/\">Nigeria records 103 new COVID-19 cases, toll now 59,841<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Nigeria records 103 new COVID-19 cases, toll now 59,841&#8221; &#8212; Tribune Online\" src=\"https:\/\/tribuneonlineng.com\/nigeria-records-103-new-covid-19-cases-toll-now-59841\/embed\/#?secret=9dR1rPEXd6\" data-secret=\"9dR1rPEXd6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has increased by 103, with total infections now 59,841. 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