{"id":15881,"date":"2020-05-27T09:17:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T09:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=15881"},"modified":"2020-05-27T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T09:17:11","slug":"276-new-cases-of-covid-19-take-nigerias-total-to-8344-deaths-now-249","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=15881","title":{"rendered":"276 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria\u2019s total to 8344. Deaths now 249"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night confirmed 276 new COVID-19 cases in 15 states of the federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The centre said on its Twitter<\/a> handle that the fresh cases had increased the total number of people infected by the virus in Nigeria to 8,344.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The death toll had also increased from 233 to 249 in the last 24 hours while 2,385 patients had been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the figure on state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (161), Rivers (36), Edo (27), Kaduna (19), Nasarawa (10), Oyo (6), Kano (4), Delta (3), Ebonyi (3) and Gombe (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Others are \u2013 Ogun (1), Ondo (1), Borno (1), Abia (1) and Bauchi (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC said: \u201c8,344 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 2,385 AND Deaths: 249.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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