Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rises to 16,658

573 new cases and 4 new deaths were reported yesterday from across the country, this report was made as usual by, The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 

A post on NCDC’s twitter handle read 

“On the 15th of June 2020, 573 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state  has reported a case in the last 24 hours.”

Lagos had the highest number of newly recorded cases as usual.

Below is the breakdown of the newly recorded cases per state as recorded by the NCDC

Lagos – 216

Rivers – 203

Oyo – 68

Edo – 40

Kano – 21

Gombe – 20

FCT – 17

Delta – 13

Plateau – 12

Bauchi – 12

Niger – 10

Kebbi – 9

Ogun – 8

Ondo – 8

Abia – 7

Nasarawa – 5

Borno – 1

Kwara – 1

Benue – 1

Anambra – 1

16,658 confirmed

5,349 discharged

424 deaths