Nigeria Records 490 Coronavirus Cases, See Breakdown For Each State

NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 490 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday evening, June 16.

This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 490 COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday evening, 149 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, northcentral 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

Meanwhile, NewsOne Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to seventeen thousand and one hundred and forty-eight (17,148) with five thousand, six hundred and twenty-three (5,623) people discharged and four hundred and fifty-five (455) deaths recorded so far.