{"id":7198,"date":"2020-06-25T08:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T08:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1001newsng.com\/?p=7198"},"modified":"2020-06-25T08:50:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T08:50:17","slug":"covid-19-today-infected-cases-22020-discharge-7613-active-13874-death-533","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1001newsng.com\/covid-19-today-infected-cases-22020-discharge-7613-active-13874-death-533\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 TODAY: Infected cases 22,020, Discharge 7613, active 13,874 death 533"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigeria has recorded 649 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rose to 22, 020.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed on Wednesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).<\/p>\n

According to the health agency, new cases were reported in 21 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.<\/p>\n

Statistics from the NCDC shows that Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus with 250 cases, closely followed by Oyo State with 100 cases.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Plateau and Delta both have 40 cases.<\/p>\n

Other states with reported cases are Abia (28), Kaduna (27), Ogun (22), Edo (20), Akwa Ibom (18) and Kwara (17).<\/p>\n

While Imo and Kano reported fewer cases with one each, Enugu recorded 14 cases, Niger and Adamawa both share 13 cases.<\/p>\n

States with low cases include Bayelsa (7), Osun and Bauchi each having 6 cases, Anambra (4), Gombe (3) and Sokoto (2). Meanwhile, the FCT recorded 17 cases.<\/p>\n

However, the number of deaths increased from 533 reported on Tuesday to 542. On the contrary, the number of discharged persons increased from 7,338 to 7,613. (Channels TV)<\/p>\n

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