{"id":36528,"date":"2021-02-05T13:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=36528"},"modified":"2021-02-05T12:25:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:25:34","slug":"covid-19-fct-overtakes-lagos-as-ncdc-confirms-1340-fresh-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-fct-overtakes-lagos-as-ncdc-confirms-1340-fresh-cases","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: FCT overtakes Lagos as NCDC confirms 1,340 fresh cases"},"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>The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 1,340 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing the total number of recorded infection in the country to 136,030.<\/p>\n<p>The health agency made the announcement on Thursday via a tweet on its Official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC also announced 14 fresh fatalities as total deaths so far stand at 110,449, while about 110,449 have been successfully treated and discharged from various isolation centres.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet reads: \u201c1340 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n<p>FCT-320<br \/>\nLagos-275<br \/>\nRivers-117<br \/>\nOyo-100<br \/>\nAkwa Ibom-57<br \/>\nOgun-51<br \/>\nEbonyi-48<br \/>\nBenue-44<br \/>\nAdamawa-42<br \/>\nImo-38<br \/>\nKwara-35<br \/>\nGombe-32<br \/>\nKaduna-31<br \/>\nEdo-29<br \/>\nOsun-29<br \/>\nKano-24<br \/>\nEkiti-15<br \/>\nKatsina-14<br \/>\nDelta-13<br \/>\nNasarawa-13<br \/>\nJigawa-10<br \/>\nSokoto-3<\/p>\n<p>136,030 confirmed<br \/>\n110,449 discharged<br \/>\n1,632 deaths<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur discharges today include 824 community recoveries in Lagos State, 448 in the FCT and 142 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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