COVID-19 Update - Nigeria Records 573 New Cases, See Total Breakdown By States

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night announced that Nigeria recorded 573 new cases of the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total in the country to 16658.

The health management centre revealed this in a tweet via it verified Twitter page @NCDCgov, where it also released the to a total breakdown of the new cases by states.

The NCDC tweeted:

"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, and Anambra-1."

According to the NCDC, 129 infected patients tested negative for the virus and where discharged from the isolation centres, while 4 new death cases were recorded in the country within 24 hours.

This burgeoning news platform understands that Nigeria has now recorded a total of 16658 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), 5349 have been discharged, and 424 death cases recorded so far.

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