{"id":32041,"date":"2020-11-05T16:47:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32041"},"modified":"2020-11-05T16:47:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:47:22","slug":"covid-19-claims-more-lives-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-claims-more-lives-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 claims more lives in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed 155 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC also confirmed that the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the nation is now 63,328.<\/p>\n<p>It said four deaths had been recorded in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the health agency, the 155 new cases were recorded in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<p>Lagos State reported the highest number of infections with 85, while the FCT had 23, Ondo State had 18 and Ogun reported eight.<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna, Oyo and Taraba recorded five each, Kano State, three; Rivers, two and Bauchi State had one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTill date, 63,328 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed, 59,675 patients have been discharged and 1,155 deaths have been recorded in the 36 states and the FCT,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2\" data-layout=\"list\">\n<div class=\"jp-related-posts-i2__row\" data-post-count=\"3\"><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed 155 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. NCDC also confirmed that the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the nation is now 63,328. It said four deaths had been recorded in the past 24 hours. 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