{"id":14304,"date":"2020-05-21T08:01:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T08:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14304"},"modified":"2020-05-21T08:01:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T08:01:16","slug":"nigerias-covid-19-cases-increase-by-284-to-reach-6677-deaths-hit-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=14304","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s COVID-19 cases increase by 284 to reach 6677; deaths hit 200"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Wednesday night confirmed 284 new COVID-19 cases<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The centre said in its daily update on the pandemic situation in the country posted on its Twitter handle that the new discoveries increased the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 6,677<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The death toll also increased from 192 to 200 in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, 1,840 patients had been discharged from treatment facilities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the new figure on state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (199), Rivers (26), Oyo (19), FCT (8), Borno (8), Plateau (7), Jigawa (6) and Kano (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are \u2013 Abia (2), Ekiti (1), Delta (1), Kwara (1) and Taraba (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC<\/a> said: \u201c6,677 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 1,840 AND Deaths: 200.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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