{"id":39805,"date":"2021-03-26T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=39805"},"modified":"2021-03-26T12:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:33:20","slug":"covid-19-ncdc-reports-97-new-cases-discharges-1015-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-ncdc-reports-97-new-cases-discharges-1015-patients","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: NCDC reports 97 new cases, discharges 1,015 patients"},"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 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 97 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The health agency made the announcement on Thursday night while giving an update on new cases via its official website.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC also announced the recovery of 1,015 patients who were managed in FCT and Akwa Ibom State communities.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also reported five COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Nigeria has recorded 162,275 cases of the virus with 2,036 deaths and 149,882 recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>The report reads: \u201c97 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n<p>Lagos-50<br \/>\nKaduna-12<br \/>\nFCT-10<br \/>\nBayelsa-8<br \/>\nImo-3<br \/>\nKwara-3<br \/>\nBauchi-2<br \/>\nOsun-2<br \/>\nAkwa Ibom-1<br \/>\nEdo-1<br \/>\nKano-1<br \/>\nOgun-1<br \/>\nOyo-1<br \/>\nPlateau-1<br \/>\nZamfara-1<\/p>\n<p>162,275 confirmed<br \/>\n149,882 discharged<br \/>\n2,036 deaths<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s report includes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1,015 community recoveries in FCT and 10 community recoveries in Akwa Ibom State managed in line with guidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 97 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The health agency made the announcement on Thursday night while giving an update on new cases via its official website. 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