COVID-19 In Nigeria: NCDC Announces 627 New Cases, Total Now 15,181

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 627 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.

Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 627 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, June 12.

This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 627 COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday evening, 229 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, FCT-65 Abia-54 Borno-42 Oyo-35 Rivers-28 Edo-28 Gombe-27 Ogun-21 Plateau-18 Delta-18 Bauchi-10 Kaduna-10 Benue-9 Ondo-8 Kwara-6 Nasarawa-4 Enugu-4 Sokoto-3 Niger-3 Kebbi-3 Yobe-1 Kano-1, northern Nigeria.

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The NCDC tweeted: “627 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria Lagos-229 FCT-65 Abia-54 Borno-42 Oyo-35 Rivers-28 Edo-28 Gombe-27 Ogun-21 Plateau-18 Delta-18 Bauchi-10 Kaduna-10 Benue-9 Ondo-8 Kwara-6 Nasarawa-4 Enugu-4 Sokoto-3 Niger-3 Kebbi-3 Yobe-1 Kano-1 Total: 15181 confirmed 4891 discharged 399 deaths,” the tweet added.

 

However, Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to fifteen thousand, one hundred and eighty-one (15,181) with four thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one (4,891) people discharged and three hundred and ninety-nine (399) deaths recorded so far.




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