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Nigeria Records 587 Coronavirus Cases, See Breakdown For Each State
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Nigeria has recorded new Coronavirus cases with the NCDC announcing 587 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 587 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, June 17.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 587 COVID-19 cases recorded on Wednesday evening, 155 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Edo-75 FCT-67 Rivers-65 Oyo-56 Delta-50 Bayelsa-25 Plateau-18 Kaduna-18 Enugu-17 Borno-12 Ogun-12 Ondo-7 Kwara-4 Kano-2 Gombe-2 Sokoto-1 Kebbi-1, northern Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “587 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-155 Edo-75 FCT-67 Rivers-65 Oyo-56 Delta-50 Bayelsa-25 Plateau-18 Kaduna-18 Enugu-17 Borno-12 Ogun-12 Ondo-7 Kwara-4 Kano-2 Gombe-2 Sokoto-1 Kebbi-1 17,735 confirmed 5,967 discharged 469 deaths,” the tweet added.
587 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-155
Edo-75
FCT-67
Rivers-65
Oyo-56
Delta-50
Bayelsa-25
Plateau-18
Kaduna-18
Enugu-17
Borno-12
Ogun-12
Ondo-7
Kwara-4
Kano-2
Gombe-2
Sokoto-1
Kebbi-117,735 confirmed
5,967 discharged
469 deaths pic.twitter.com/vUBukvZYTN— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 17, 2020
Meanwhile, NewsOne Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to seventeen thousand and seven hundred and thirty-five (17,735) with five thousand, nine hundred and sixty-seven (5,967) people discharged and four hundred and sixty-nine (469) deaths recorded so far.
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