{"id":33308,"date":"2020-12-10T17:02:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T17:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33308"},"modified":"2020-12-10T17:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T17:02:22","slug":"ncdc-confirms-474-new-covid-19-cases-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ncdc-confirms-474-new-covid-19-cases-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"NCDC confirms 474 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria"},"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>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that 474 new COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, taking the country\u2019s total figure to 70,669 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 474 new COVID-19 cases were recorded from sixteen States and the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC stated that 132 patients were discharged after recovering from the infection from isolation centres nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The health agency said, however, that the country\u2019s COVID-19 related deaths is 1,182.<\/p>\n<p>According to NCDC, FCT, Lagos, Kebbi, Adamawa, and Plateau recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections with 180, 134, 45, 26 and 16 cases, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The other states recorded the disease as follows: Enugu-14, Taraba-14, Gombe-12, Nasarawa-8, Yobe-8, Rivers-5, Ogun-5, Kwara-2, Ekiti-2, Sokoto-2 and Osun-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that 474 new COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, taking the country\u2019s total figure to 70,669 cases. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website late on Wednesday. The 474 new COVID-19 cases were recorded from sixteen States and the FCT. 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