{"id":1728,"date":"2020-05-18T00:30:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2020-05-18T00:30:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T23:30:43","slug":"nigeria-records-338-new-covid-19-cases-total-now-5959-as-1594-discharged-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/nigeria-records-338-new-covid-19-cases-total-now-5959-as-1594-discharged-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria records 338 new COVID-19 cases, total now 5,959 as 1,594 discharged so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded 338 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the country to 5,959.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC had announced that six patients died of coronavirus-related complications in the last 24 hours in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/buhari-to-address-next-phase-of-covid-19-lockdown-monday-ptf-coordinator\/\">Buhari to address next phase of COVID-19 lockdown Monday \u2013 PTF coordinator<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NCDC said: &#8220;On the 17th of May 2020, 338 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A breakdown of cases by state can be found via <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z5x7UFXpXd\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z5x7UFXpXd<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TakeResponsibility?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TakeResponsibility<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r6NOyQBxi2\">pic.twitter.com\/r6NOyQBxi2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCDC (@NCDCgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCDCgov\/status\/1262145554009686017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Till date, 5,959 cases have been confirmed, 1,594 cases have been discharged and 182 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 338 new cases are reported from 18 states, Lagos(177), Kano(64), FCT(21), Rivers(16), Plateau(14), Oyo(11), Katsina(9), Jigawa(4), Kaduna(4), Abia(3), Bauchi(3), Borno(3),Gombe(2), Akwa Ibom(2), Delta(2), Ondo(1), Kebbi(1), Sokoto(1).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its further breakdown of the data, the NCDC statistics showed that 26 per cent of infected persons have recovered from the virus in Nigeria while three per cent died.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, 122 COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged across the country on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded 338 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the country to 5,959. 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