{"id":49521,"date":"2021-09-04T16:22:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/covid-19-nigeria-records-more-deaths-over-444-fresh-cases-in-20-states-fct"},"modified":"2021-09-04T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T15:32:14","slug":"covid-19-nigeria-records-more-deaths-over-444-fresh-cases-in-20-states-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-nigeria-records-more-deaths-over-444-fresh-cases-in-20-states-fct","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Nigeria records more deaths, over 444 fresh cases in 20 states, FCT"},"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 Center for Disease Control, NCDC has announced 444 cases of coronavirus in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>NCDC, while giving update on its verified Facebook page on Saturday morning, said seven patients died due to complications from the dreaded virus.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that Edo State recorded 71 cases followed by Akwa-Ibom 49 cases, Kwara and Oyo had 49 each, while Kaduna recorded 21 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Further details revealed that Ekiti (20), FCT (19), Anambra (17), Delta (16), Kano (16), Bauchi (14), Ogun (11), Bayelsa (9), Benue (9), Cross River (7), Nasarawa (5), Jigawa , Zamfara 2 each and Enugu 1 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Nigeria has recorded 194,088 cases of the disease since its outbreak in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Health Agency said that 433 patients were treated, recovered and discharged from isolation centers across the country on Friday while a total of 2,494 death have been recorded.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nigeria records seven deaths, over 600 fresh cases in 18 states, FCT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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