{"id":33531,"date":"2020-12-16T17:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T17:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33531"},"modified":"2020-12-16T17:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T17:30:56","slug":"covid-19-cases-in-nigeria-increase-as-abuja-records-305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-cases-in-nigeria-increase-as-abuja-records-305","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increase as Abuja records 305"},"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 recorded a drastic increase in the number of new COVID-19 infections in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC on its Twitter page confirmed 758 new cases.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the total number of cases in the country to 74,132.<\/p>\n<p>FCT had the highest number of cases at 305, followed by Lagos, Kaduna, Bauchi and Gombe with 152, 103, 44, 35 and 31 cases, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The other states recorded as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Rivers-17, Sokoto-15, Kwara-13, Kano-9<\/p>\n<p>Ebonyi-8, Ogun-5, Osun-5, Oyo-4, Edo-4<\/p>\n<p>Anambra-4, Bayelsa-2, Ekiti-1 and Taraba-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded a drastic increase in the number of new COVID-19 infections in Nigeria. NCDC on its Twitter page confirmed 758 new cases. This brings the total number of cases in the country to 74,132. 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