{"id":18271,"date":"2020-06-03T09:22:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T09:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18271"},"modified":"2020-06-03T09:22:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T09:22:48","slug":"breaking-241-new-cases-of-covid-19-take-nigerias-total-to-10819-deaths-now-314","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18271","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: 241 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria\u2019s total to 10819; deaths now 314"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night confirmed 241 new COVID-19<\/a> cases in several parts of the country including Lagos and Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the NCDC\u2019s daily update on the COVID-19 situation in Nigeria published on its Twitter handle, the fresh infections bring the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 10,819.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The death toll has also passed the 300 mark, increasing from 299 to 314 in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, 3,239 persons have been discharged from the various isolation centres in the country by health workers who are leading the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (142), Oyo (15), FCT (13), Kano (12), Edo (11), Delta (10), Kaduna (9) and Rivers (9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are \u2013 Borno (8), Jigawa (4), Gombe (3), Plateau (3), Osun (1) and Bauchi (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCDC<\/a> said: \u201c10,819 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 3,239 AND Deaths: 314.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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