{"id":40312,"date":"2021-04-02T17:19:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=40312"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:00:05","slug":"covid-19-ncdc-reports-106-fresh-cases-more-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-ncdc-reports-106-fresh-cases-more-deaths","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: NCDC reports 106 fresh cases, more deaths"},"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 106 more cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>This brings the total number of recorded infections in the country so far to 162,997.<\/p>\n<p>The health agency made the announcement on Thursday night while giving an update via its official website.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC also reported seven COVID-19 related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The report reads: \u201c106 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;<\/p>\n<p>Lagos-33<br \/>\nFCT-20<br \/>\nCross River-11<br \/>\nRivers-11<br \/>\nKaduna-7<br \/>\nEdo-6<br \/>\nOndo-6<br \/>\nNasarawa-3<br \/>\nOgun-3<br \/>\nKano-2<br \/>\nBauchi-2<br \/>\nOsun-2<\/p>\n<p>162,997 confirmed<br \/>\n151,708 discharged<br \/>\n2,058 deaths<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s death is from a backlog of data from Rivers State\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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