Nigeria records 490 new cases of coronavirus, total now 17,148

Dayo Mustapha

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday night announced that new cases for the COVID-19 across the country has risen to 17,148.

The new cases confirmed across the states of the federation are stated below:

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

Total number of confirmed cases is now 17,148.
so far, 5,623 patients has been discharged while 455 deaths were recorded.

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