Breaking: Nigeria Records 661 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 19,808

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 661 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 661 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on Saturday evening, June 21.

INN gathers that of the 661 COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday evening, 230 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Rivers-127 Delta-83 FCT-60 Oyo-51 Edo-31 Bayelsa-27 Kaduna-25 Plateau-13 Ondo-6 Nasarawa-3 Ekiti-2 Kano-2 Borno-1, North eastern, Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “661 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-230 Rivers-127 Delta-83 FCT-60 Oyo-51 Edo-31 Bayelsa-27 Kaduna-25 Plateau-13 Ondo-6 Nasarawa-3 Ekiti-2 Kano-2 Borno-1; 19,808 confirmed 6,718 discharged 506 deaths” the tweet added.

661 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-230
Rivers-127
Delta-83
FCT-60
Oyo-51
Edo-31
Bayelsa-27
Kaduna-25
Plateau-13
Ondo-6
Nasarawa-3
Ekiti-2
Kano-2
Borno-1

19,808 confirmed
6,718 discharged
506 deaths pic.twitter.com/PH87IGyn5R

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 20, 2020