The 490 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed cases to 17,148.
The NCDC also announced the discharge of 274 patients from isolation centers across the country with 31 new deaths reported.
“On the 16th of June 2020, 490 new confirmed cases and 31 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
“Till date, 17148 cases have been confirmed, 5623 cases have been discharged and 455 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory”
The 490 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos(142), FCT(60), Bayelsa(54), Rivers(39), Delta(37), Oyo(30), Kaduna(26), Imo(23), Enugu(19), Kwara(17), Gombe(11), Ondo(10), Bauchi(8), Ogun(7), Borno(6), Benue(1)