Nigeria Counts 573 New Cases Of Coronavirus

Some 573 new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in a tweet on June 15, 2020.

According to the Centre, total confirmed cases in Nigeria as of June 15, were 16,658.

It says a total of
5,349 persons were discharged as of June 15, noting that deaths during the same date stood at 424

Breakdown of New Cases

Lagos-216
Rivers-103
Oyo-68
Edo-40
Kano-21
Gombe-20
FCT-17
Delta-13
Plateau-12
Bauchi-12
Niger-10
Kebbi-9
Ogun-8
Ondo-8
Abia-7
Nasarawa-5
Borno-1
Kwara-1
Benue-1
Anambra-1

573 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-216
Rivers-103
Oyo-68
Edo-40
Kano-21
Gombe-20
FCT-17
Delta-13
Plateau-12
Bauchi-12
Niger-10
Kebbi-9
Ogun-8
Ondo-8
Abia-7
Nasarawa-5
Borno-1
Kwara-1
Benue-1
Anambra-1

16,658 confirmed
5,349 discharged
424 deaths pic.twitter.com/htVx1P83WG

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 15, 2020

By Melvin Tarlue