COVID-19 Update - NCDC Announces 403 New Cases, 13 Deaths, As Total Hits 16k

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday evening announced a fresh update of the daily COVID-19 cases recorded in Nigeria on June 14th 2020.

The health management centre made this known in a tweet released via its official Twitter page @NCDCgov, where it stated that Nigeria recorded 420 new cases of the novel Coronavirus  (COVID-19).

NCDC tweeted:

"403 new cases of #COVID19; Gombe-73, Lagos-68, Kano-46, Edo-36, FCT-35, Nasarawa-31, Kaduna-17, Oyo-16, Abia-15, Delta-13, Borno-13, Plateau-8, Niger-7, Rivers-7, Enugu-6, Ogun-6, Kebbi-3, Ondo-1, Anambra-1, and Imo-1"

According to the NCDC, 119 infected patients tested negative for the virus and were discharged from Isolation centres, with 13 new deaths cases recorded within the space of 24 hours.

This burgeoning news platform understands that 16085 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria, 5220 infected patients have been treated and discharged, and a total of 420 deaths cases recorded so far.

403 new cases of #COVID19

Gombe-73
Lagos-68
Kano-46
Edo-36
FCT-35
Nasarawa-31
Kaduna-17
Oyo-16
Abia-15
Delta-13
Borno-13
Plateau-8
Niger-7
Rivers-7
Enugu-6
Ogun-6
Kebbi-3
Ondo-1
Anambra-1
Imo-1

16,085 confirmed
5,220 discharged
420 deaths pic.twitter.com/lg4fcXLLYs

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 14, 2020