{"id":39871,"date":"2021-03-27T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=39871"},"modified":"2021-03-27T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T13:08:43","slug":"covid-19-total-active-cases-now-10363-as-ncdc-reports-113-fresh-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-total-active-cases-now-10363-as-ncdc-reports-113-fresh-infections","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Total active cases now 10,363 as NCDC reports 113 fresh infections"},"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 113 new cases of COVID-19 in 9 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the total number of recorded infections in the country to 162,388.<\/p>\n<p>The health agency made the announcement while giving an update on Friday night via a post on its verified Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC said about 104 patients were discharged across the country bringing the total number of recoveries to 149,986.<\/p>\n<p>No fewer than three persons also died of COVID19 complications in the last 24 hours as total fatalities hit 2,039.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, States with the highest fresh cases include Lagos-53, Rivers-22 and Akwa Ibom-12.<\/p>\n<p>Others are: Kaduna-12, Ondo-6,Osun-3, FCT-2, Jigawa-1, Nasarawa-1 and Kano-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 113 new cases of COVID-19 in 9 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This brings the total number of recorded infections in the country to 162,388. 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