{"id":32851,"date":"2020-11-27T17:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32851"},"modified":"2020-11-27T17:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:39:56","slug":"nigeria-records-169-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-records-169-new-covid-19-cases","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records 169 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria has recorded 169 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this on its website.<\/p>\n<p>This has brought the total number of cases in Nigeria to 66,974.<\/p>\n<p>However, there were no confirmed deaths within the last 24 hours, while 92 patients had recovered and were discharged.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC noted that the new cases were spread across 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna State recorded the highest number of infections with 74 cases, while 42 of the new infections were recorded in FCT, 17 in Lagos, and eight in Kano State.<\/p>\n<p>Others were Ogun, Oyo and Rivers, six each, Ekiti and Bauchi three each, Katsina, two, while Delta and Ondo had one each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigeria has recorded 169 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this on its website. This has brought the total number of cases in Nigeria to 66,974. 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