BREAKING: Gombe Leads As COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria Hits Over 16,000

COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to rise as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Gombe overtakes Lagos with the most number of COVID-19 for the day as Nigeria records 403 new infections.

Ekohotblog reports that on Sunday evening, June 14th, NCDC confirmed 403 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.

This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 403 COVID-19 cases recorded on Sunday evening, 68 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Gombe-73 Kano-46 Edo-36 FCT-35 Nasarawa-31 Kaduna-17 Oyo-16 Abia-15 Delta-13 Borno-13 Plateau-8 Niger-7 Rivers-7 Enugu-6 Ogun-6 Kebbi-3 Ondo-1 Anambra-1 Imo-1, southeast Nigeria.

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The NCDC tweeted: “403 new cases of #COVID19 Gombe-73 Lagos-68 Kano-46 Edo-36 FCT-35 Nasarawa-31 Kaduna-17 Oyo-16 Abia-15 Delta-13 Borno-13 Plateau-8 Niger-7 Rivers-7 Enugu-6 Ogun-6 Kebbi-3 Ondo-1 Anambra-1 Imo-1 16,085 confirmed 5,220 discharged 420 deaths,” the tweet added.

403 new cases of #COVID19

Gombe-73
Lagos-68
Kano-46
Edo-36
FCT-35
Nasarawa-31
Kaduna-17
Oyo-16
Abia-15
Delta-13
Borno-13
Plateau-8
Niger-7
Rivers-7
Enugu-6
Ogun-6
Kebbi-3
Ondo-1
Anambra-1
Imo-1

16,085 confirmed
5,220 discharged
420 deaths pic.twitter.com/lg4fcXLLYs

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 14, 2020

However, Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to sixteen thousand and eighty-five (16,085) with five thousand, two hundred and twenty (5,220) people discharged and four hundred and twenty (420) deaths recorded so far.

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