{"id":31349,"date":"2020-10-19T19:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31349"},"modified":"2020-10-19T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:30:57","slug":"ncdc-announces-2-deaths-133-new-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ncdc-announces-2-deaths-133-new-infections","title":{"rendered":"NCDC announces 2 deaths, 133 new infections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 133 new cases of Coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-align-none\">\n<div class=\"box\">\n<div class=\"dfp-ad ad-container\">\n<p>The country recorded two new casualties bringing the total death toll to 1,125.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said that 54 patients were discharged from isolation centres across the country.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that the new 133 cases were detected in nine states including the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC said that Lagos recorded the highest new infections with 90 confirmed cases, while Rivers recorded 13 cases. This was followed by FCT and Kaduna with 8 new cases each.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, since the beginning of the outbreak in Nigeria in February, more than 578,841 samples have been tested by NCDC, out of which 54,587 were positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTill date, 61,440 cases have been confirmed, 56,611 cases have been discharged and 1,125 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The health agency said that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, have continued to coordinate the national response activities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 133 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday The country recorded two new casualties bringing the total death toll to 1,125. 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