The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC said five hundred and eighty seventy (587) new cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted that the cases were reported as follows;
Lagos-155
Edo-75
FCT-67
Rivers-65
Oyo-56
Delta-50
Bayelsa-25
Plateau-18
Kaduna-18
Enugu-17
Borno-12
Ogun-12
Ondo-7
Kwara-4
Kano-2
Gombe-2
Sokoto-1
Kebbi-1
The total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria now stands at seventeen thousand seven hundred and thirty five (17,735), 5967 has been discharged and the number of deaths increased to 469.
587 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-155
Edo-75
FCT-67
Rivers-65
Oyo-56
Delta-50
Bayelsa-25
Plateau-18
Kaduna-18
Enugu-17
Borno-12
Ogun-12
Ondo-7
Kwara-4
Kano-2
Gombe-2
Sokoto-1
Kebbi-117,735 confirmed
5,967 discharged
469 deaths pic.twitter.com/vUBukvZYTN— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 17, 2020
Below is a breakdown of the cases according to states;