{"id":7389,"date":"2020-03-27T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T09:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2020-03-27T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T09:03:17","slug":"ncdc-confirms-14-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7389","title":{"rendered":"NCDC confirms 14 new COVID-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CoronaVirus-3.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria records first case of coronavirus\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 14 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number to 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said 12 of the new cases are in Lagos; one each in the FCT and Bauchi State.<ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCDC said: \u201cFourteen new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: one in FCT, one in Bauchi State and&nbsp; 12 in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf the 14, six were detected on a vessel, three are returning travellers into Nigeria and one is a close contact of a confirmed case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs at 7:35 pm, 26th March, there are 65 confirmed cases, three discharged and one death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Lagos has 44 cases; FCT, 11; Ogun, two in Bauchi; and one case each in Ekiti, Oyo, Edo, Osun and Rivers states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 14 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number to 65. 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