{"id":13280,"date":"2020-05-14T08:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13280"},"modified":"2020-05-14T08:29:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:29:22","slug":"184-new-cases-of-covid-19-in-nigeria-as-total-hits-4971-death-toll-stands-at-164","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13280","title":{"rendered":"184 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria as total hits 4971; death toll stands at 164"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The COVID-19 infections in Nigeria moved closer to the 5,000 mark Wednesday night following the discovery of 184 new cases in several states of the federation by the centre for disease control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC<\/a> also revealed on its Twitter handle that 164 people had been killed by complications resulting from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the cheering news is that at least 1,070 patients had recovered from the COVID-19 infection and reunited with their families and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the infections figure on state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (51), Jigawa (23), Bauchi (16), Katsina (16), Kano (14), FCT (10), Rivers (10), Kwara (9), Delta (5) and Kaduna (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are \u2013 Sokoto (4), Oyo (4), Kebbi (3), Nasarawa (3), Osun (3), Ondo (2), Ebonyi (1), Edo (1), Enugu (1), Anambra (1), Plateau (1) and Niger (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The centre said: \u201c4971 cases of #COVID19<\/a> in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 1,070 AND Deaths: 164.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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