COVID-19 In Nigeria: NCDC Announces 501 New Cases, 8 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 501 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.

Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 501 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday evening, June 13.

This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 501 COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday evening, 195 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, FCT-50 Kano-42 Kaduna-27 Edo-26 Oyo-22 Imo-21 Gombe-17 Benue-12 Enugu-12 Delta-11 Anambra-11 Ebonyi-10 Nasarawa-9 Ogun-9 Bauchi-8 Kebbi-4 Akwa Ibom-3 Jigawa-3 Katsina-3 Yobe-2 Borno-2 Kwara-1 Ondo-1, southwest Nigeria.

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The NCDC tweeted: “501 new cases of #COVID19 Lagos-195 FCT-50 Kano-42 Kaduna-27 Edo-26 Oyo-22 Imo-21 Gombe-17 Benue-12 Enugu-12 Delta-11 Anambra-11 Ebonyi-10 Nasarawa-9 Ogun-9 Bauchi-8 Kebbi-4 Akwa Ibom-3 Jigawa-3 Katsina-3 Yobe-2 Borno-2 Kwara-1 Ondo-1 15,682 confirmed 5101 discharged 407 deaths,” the tweet added.

Meanwhile, Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to fifteen thousand, six hundred and eighty-two (15,682) with five thousand, one hundred and one (5,101) people discharged and four hundred and seven (407) deaths recorded so far.




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