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COVID-19 In Nigeria: NCDC Announces 627 New Cases, Total Now 15,181
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced 627 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 627 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, June 12.
This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 627 COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday evening, 229 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, FCT-65 Abia-54 Borno-42 Oyo-35 Rivers-28 Edo-28 Gombe-27 Ogun-21 Plateau-18 Delta-18 Bauchi-10 Kaduna-10 Benue-9 Ondo-8 Kwara-6 Nasarawa-4 Enugu-4 Sokoto-3 Niger-3 Kebbi-3 Yobe-1 Kano-1, northern Nigeria.
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The NCDC tweeted: “627 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria Lagos-229 FCT-65 Abia-54 Borno-42 Oyo-35 Rivers-28 Edo-28 Gombe-27 Ogun-21 Plateau-18 Delta-18 Bauchi-10 Kaduna-10 Benue-9 Ondo-8 Kwara-6 Nasarawa-4 Enugu-4 Sokoto-3 Niger-3 Kebbi-3 Yobe-1 Kano-1 Total: 15181 confirmed 4891 discharged 399 deaths,” the tweet added.
627 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Lagos-229
FCT-65
Abia-54
Borno-42
Oyo-35
Rivers-28
Edo-28
Gombe-27
Ogun-21
Plateau-18
Delta-18
Bauchi-10
Kaduna-10
Benue-9
Ondo-8
Kwara-6
Nasarawa-4
Enugu-4
Sokoto-3
Niger-3
Kebbi-3
Yobe-1
Kano-1Total:
15181 confirmed
4891 discharged
399 deaths pic.twitter.com/aiShUyjiJA— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 12, 2020
However, Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to fifteen thousand, one hundred and eighty-one (15,181) with four thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one (4,891) people discharged and three hundred and ninety-nine (399) deaths recorded so far.
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