Friday, 12 June 2020

Nigeria Records 681 New COVID-19 Cases As Death Toll Hits 387

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded 681 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

In a tweet on Thursday night, the NCDC said that the new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 14,544.

According to the figures released by NCDC, the new cases were recorded in Lagos-345, Rivers-51, Ogun-48, Gombe-47, Oyo-36, Imo-31, Delta-28, Kano-23, Bauchi-18, Edo-12, Katsina-12, Kaduna-9, Anambra-7, Jigawa-5, Kebbi-4, Ondo-4 and Nasarawa-1.

Also, as of Monday, 4,494 patients have been discharged while 387 deaths have been recorded.