Nigeria Records 490 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Hits 17,148

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 490 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 490 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on Tuesday evening, June, 16.

INN gathers that of the 490 COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday evening, 142 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 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, North Central, Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “490 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; 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; 17,148 confirmed 5,623 discharged 455 deaths” the tweet added.

490 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

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

17,148 confirmed
5,623 discharged
455 deaths pic.twitter.com/wou7Q1PfIo

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 16, 2020