Nigeria Records 587 New Cases Of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has reported five hundred and eighty-seven confirmed new cases of Coronavirus pandemic in  Nigeria.

The health sector on Wednesday, June 17 at about 11:18 pm reported on its official account that it has discharged a total of 5,967 patients, while 469 death cases were recorded in Nigeria since the outbreak of the dreaded disease.

The development, however, brings the overall number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 17,735 as at Wednesday night, Naija News understands.

See below the newly reported cases from each state;

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

Meanwhile, the Plateau state government has reportedly shut down a private hospital, Rayfield Medical Services Limited, over breach of COVID-19 protocol.