{"id":19196,"date":"2020-06-05T08:26:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T08:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19196"},"modified":"2020-06-05T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T08:26:43","slug":"350-new-cases-of-covid-19-take-nigerias-total-to-11516-deaths-now-323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19196","title":{"rendered":"350 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria\u2019s total to 11516; deaths now 323"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night confirmed 350 fresh COVID-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC<\/a> said in its daily update on the COVID-19 situation in Nigeria that the fresh infections were recorded in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja and 17 other states in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the centre, the fresh cases had increased the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 11,516.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the number of fatalities had moved up from 315 to 323 in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, 3,535 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the various treatment facilities in the country following their full recovery from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (102), Ogun (34). FCT (29), Borno (26), Kaduna (23), Rivers (21), Ebonyi (17), Kwara (16), Katsina (14) and, Edo (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are \u2013 Delta (10), Kano<\/a> (10), Bauchi (10), Bayelsa (9), Imo (8), Plateau (4), Ondo (3), Nasarawa (2), Gombe (1) and, Oyo (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCDC said: \u201c11,516 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 3,535 AND Deaths: 323.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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