{"id":35139,"date":"2021-01-16T18:23:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T18:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=35139"},"modified":"2021-01-16T16:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T16:41:43","slug":"nigeria-records-1867-covid-19-cases-highest-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-records-1867-covid-19-cases-highest-in-one-day","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records 1867 COVID-19 cases, highest in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria on Friday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in one day.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 1,867 infections.<\/p>\n<p>The figure was hundreds more than 1,664 cases recorded ten days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos, Plateau, FCT, Kaduna and Oyo States topped with 713, 273, 199, 117 and 79.<\/p>\n<p>Others were Enugu-58; Ondo-53; Kano-49; Sokoto-43; Ogun-37; Osun-37; Nasarawa-36; Rivers-28; Benue-24; Delta-24.<\/p>\n<p>Others were Niger-24. Gombe-18; Edo-15; Taraba-12; Bayelsa-10; Ekiti-9; Borno-6; Zamfara-2; Jigawa-1.<\/p>\n<p>Discharges on Friday included 277 community recoveries in Lagos, 150 in Kaduna and 78 in Plateau.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has now recorded 107,345 coronavirus cases and 1,413 deaths officially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigeria on Friday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in one day. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 1,867 infections. The figure was hundreds more than 1,664 cases recorded ten days ago. Lagos, Plateau, FCT, Kaduna and Oyo States topped with 713, 273, 199, 117 and 79. 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