{"id":11697,"date":"2020-05-04T07:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T07:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11697"},"modified":"2020-05-04T07:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T07:52:13","slug":"ncdc-confirms-170-new-cases-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11697","title":{"rendered":"NCDC confirms 170 new cases of coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Science_covid19_testkits_1212277468.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday confirmed 170 new cases of Coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCDC made the confirmation in a tweet via its Twitter handle, stating that Nigeria now has a total number of 2558 confirmed cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweet read \u201c170 new cases of #COVID19;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>39-Lagos<br>29-Kano<br>24-Ogun<br>18-Bauchi<br>15-Kaduna<br>12-FCT<br>12-Sokoto<br>8-Katsina<br>7-Borno<br>3-Nasarawa<br>2-Adamawa<br>1-Oyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c2558 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Nigeria, 400 patients have been discharged, with 87 deaths recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday confirmed 170 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. NCDC made the confirmation in a tweet via its Twitter handle, stating that Nigeria now has a total number of 2558 confirmed cases. The tweet read \u201c170 new cases of #COVID19; 39-Lagos29-Kano24-Ogun18-Bauchi15-Kaduna12-FCT12-Sokoto8-Katsina7-Borno3-Nasarawa2-Adamawa1-Oyo \u201c2558 cases of COVID-19 confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NCDC confirms 170 new cases of coronavirus &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11697\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11697#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"NCDC confirms 170 new cases of coronavirus\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NCDC confirms 170 new cases of coronavirus &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11697","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11697#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NCDC confirms 170 new cases of coronavirus"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday confirmed 170 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. 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