{"id":11468,"date":"2020-04-30T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11468"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T08:00:42","slug":"196-new-cases-of-covid-19-confirmed-as-nigerias-total-hits-1728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11468","title":{"rendered":"196 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed as Nigeria\u2019s total hits 1728"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus.-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second consecutive day, Nigeria recorded about 200 cases of COVID-19 after the nation\u2019s centre for disease control confirmed 196 cases in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/nigerian-govt-sets-may-4-reopen-date-for-banks-in-lagos-ogun-fct\/\">Lagos<\/a>&nbsp;and 11 other parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre in daily COVID-19 updates posted on its Twitter handle on Wednesday night, showed the following: Lagos (87), Kano (24), Gombe (18), Kaduna (17), Federal Capital Territory (16) and Katsina (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are \u2013 Sokoto (8), Edo (7), Borno (6),Yobe (1), Ebonyi (1) and Adamawa (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the latest figure, Nigeria now has 1, 728 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 51 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, 307 patients have been discharged from hospitals and isolation centres by medical experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ncdc-dg-says-nigeria-desperately-in-need-of-covid-19-test-kits\/\">NCDC<\/a>&nbsp;said: \u201cAs at 11:55 p.m. 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDischarged: 307 AND Deaths: 51.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second consecutive day, Nigeria recorded about 200 cases of COVID-19 after the nation\u2019s centre for disease control confirmed 196 cases in&nbsp;Lagos&nbsp;and 11 other parts of the country. 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