COVID-19 In Nigeria: Over 20,000 Cases, 6,879 Discharged, 518 Death

COVID-19 in Nigeria hits over 20,000 has NCDC announced 436 new cases.

Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 436 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday evening, June 21.

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This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 436 COVID-19 cases recorded on Sunday evening,  169 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Oyo-52 Plateau-31 Imo-29 Kaduna-28 Ogun-23 FCT-18 Enugu-18 Bauchi-17 Bayelsa-14 Rivers-8 Osun-6 Kano-6 Edo-5 Benue-5 Adamawa-3 Borno-2 Abia-1 Ekiti-1, southwest Nigeria.

436 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-169
Oyo-52
Plateau-31
Imo-29
Kaduna-28
Ogun-23
FCT-18
Enugu-18
Bauchi-17
Bayelsa-14
Rivers-8
Osun-6
Kano-6
Edo-5
Benue-5
Adamawa-3
Borno-2
Abia-1
Ekiti-1

20,244 confirmed
6,879 discharged
518 deaths pic.twitter.com/Y1GqUgSMwI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 21, 2020

Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to twenty thousand and two hundred and forty-four (20,244) with six thousand, eight hundred and seventy-nine (6,879) people discharged and five hundred and eighteen (518) deaths recorded so far.

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