{"id":22262,"date":"2020-06-23T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22262"},"modified":"2020-06-23T09:53:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:53:27","slug":"675-fresh-cases-of-covid-19-take-nigerias-total-to-20919-death-toll-now-525","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22262","title":{"rendered":"675 fresh cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria\u2019s total to 20,919; death toll now 525"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nigeria on Monday night recorded 675 fresh COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh cases were recorded in 20 states of the federation and Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added that seven persons died from complications resulting from the virus on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the number of COVID-19 fatalities increased from 518 to 525.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 20,919.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 7,109 patients had been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country as at Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (288), Oyo (76), Rivers (56), Delta (31), Ebonyi (30), Gombe (28), Ondo (20), Kaduna (20), Kwara (20), Ogun (17), and FCT (16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are \u2013 Edo (13), Abia (10), Nasarawa (9), Imo (9), Bayelsa (8), Borno (8), Katsina (8), Sokoto (3), Bauchi (3) and Plateau (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC<\/a> said: \u201c20,919 cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 7,109 AND Deaths: 525.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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