{"id":18774,"date":"2020-06-04T10:08:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18774"},"modified":"2020-06-04T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:09:02","slug":"348-new-cases-of-covid-19-as-nigerias-total-passes-11000-to-11166-death-toll-rises-to-315","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=18774","title":{"rendered":"348 new cases of COVID-19 as Nigeria\u2019s total passes 11000 to 11166; death toll rises to 315"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/coronavirus.-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday night confirmed 348 new COVID-19 cases in 18 states of the federation and Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/confirmation-of-covid-19-cases-in-kogi-not-controversial-in-anyway-ncdc\/\">NCDC<\/a>&nbsp;said in its daily update on the COVID-19 situation in Nigeria that the fresh infections had increased the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 11,166.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of fatalities had also increased from 314 to 315 in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, 3,329 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the various isolation centres in the country after they recovered fully from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (163), FCT (76), Ebonyi (23), Rivers (21), Delta (8), Nasarawa (8), Niger (8), Enugu (6), Bauchi (5), and Edo (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are \u2013 Ekiti (5), Ondo (5), Gombe (5), Benue (4), Ogun (2), Osun (1), Plateau (1), Kogi (1) and Anambra (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCDC said: \u201c11,166 cases of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ondo-records-3-fresh-covid-19-infections-confirms-2-deaths\/\">#COVID19<\/a>&nbsp;in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDischarged: 3,329 AND Deaths: 315.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday night confirmed 348 new COVID-19 cases in 18 states of the federation and Abuja. 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