{"id":21768,"date":"2020-06-19T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=21768"},"modified":"2020-06-19T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:24:08","slug":"nigeria-records-highest-ever-single-day-rise-with-745-new-cases-of-covid-19-total-infections-now-18480","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=21768","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records highest ever single-day rise with 745 new cases of COVID-19; total infections now 18,480"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nigeria on Thursday night recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 figure after the country\u2019s centre for disease control confirmed 745 fresh cases in 20 states of the federation and Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its regular update on the pandemic situation in Nigeria, the NCDC said six persons died from COVID-19 complications on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the COVID-19<\/a> death toll increased from 469 to 475.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 18,480.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 6,307 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country as at Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (280), Oyo (103), Ebonyi (72), FCT (60), Imo (46), Edo (34), Delta (33), Rivers (25), Kaduna (23) and Ondo (16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are \u2013 Katsina (12), Kano (10), Bauchi (8), Borno (7), Kwara (5), Gombe (4), Sokoto (2), Enugu (2), Yobe (1), Osun (1), and Nasarawa (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC<\/a> said: \u201c18,840 cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 6,307 AND Deaths: 475.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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