{"id":23717,"date":"2020-07-09T10:53:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23717"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:53:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:53:57","slug":"nigeria-records-406-fresh-cases-of-covid-19-death-toll-now-684","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=23717","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records 406 fresh cases of COVID-19. Death toll now 684"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nigeria on Wednesday night recorded 460 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 15 persons died from complications resulting from the virus on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the number of COVID-19<\/a> fatalities increased from 669 to 684.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 30,289.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 12,373 patients had been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country as at Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (150), Rivers (49), Oyo (43), Delta (38), FCT (26), Anambra (20), Kano (20), Plateau (18), Edo (14), Bayelsa (13), Enugu (13), and Osun (12).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others are \u2013 Kwara (10), Borno (8), Ogun (7), Kaduna (6), Imo (4), Bauchi (3), Gombe (3), Niger (2) and Adamawa (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC<\/a> said: \u201c30,289 cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDischarged: 12,373 AND Deaths: 684.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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