{"id":13645,"date":"2020-05-18T08:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13645"},"modified":"2020-05-18T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:10:19","slug":"338-new-cases-of-covid-19-push-nigerias-total-to-5959-deaths-rise-to-182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13645","title":{"rendered":"338 new cases of COVID-19 push Nigeria\u2019s total to 5959; deaths rise to 182"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Coronavirus-covid-19-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 338 new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/jigawa-confirms-51-new-covid-19-cases\/\">COVID-19 cases<\/a>&nbsp;in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre said on its Twitter handle that the new discoveries had increased the number of people infected by the virus to 5,959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The death toll also increased to 182 while 1,594 persons had been discharged from treatment centres across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/we-recorded-one-new-case-not-5-plateau-govt-counters-ncdcs-report-on-new-infections\/\">NCDC<\/a>&nbsp;said: \u201c338 new cases of #COVID19; 177-Lagos 64-Kano Jigawa 4-Kaduna 3-Abia 3-Bauchi 3-Borno 2-Gombe 2-Akwa Ibom 2-Delta 1-Ondo 1-Kebbi 1-Sokoto 5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDischarged: 1594 Deaths: 182.\u2033<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sunday night confirmed 338 new&nbsp;COVID-19 cases&nbsp;in the country. 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