#COVID19Nigeria: 587 Fresh Cases Recorded, Total Now 17,735

Nigeria has recorded 587 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as the national total has soared to 17,735 cases.

Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 587 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, June 17.

This 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.

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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-1

17,735 confirmed
5,967 discharged
469 deaths pic.twitter.com/vUBukvZYTN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 17, 2020

However, EkoHotBlog 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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