NCDC Reports 661 Cases Of Coronavirus In Nigeria, 230 In Lagos

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported fresh 661 cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the NCDC confirmed the new 661 cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria in a series of tweets on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday evening, June 20.

According to the NCDC, of the six hundred and sixty-one new coronavirus cases recorded on Saturday evening, 230 were recorded in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Rivers-127 Delta-83 FCT-60 Oyo-51 Edo-31 Bayelsa-27 Kaduna-25 Plateau-13 Ondo-6 Nasarawa-3 Ekiti-2 Kano-2 Borno-1, northern Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “661 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-230 Rivers-127 Delta-83 FCT-60 Oyo-51 Edo-31 Bayelsa-27 Kaduna-25 Plateau-13 Ondo-6 Nasarawa-3 Ekiti-2 Kano-2 Borno-1 19,808 confirmed 6,718 discharged 506 deaths,” the tweet added.

661 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-230
Rivers-127
Delta-83
FCT-60
Oyo-51
Edo-31
Bayelsa-27
Kaduna-25
Plateau-13
Ondo-6
Nasarawa-3
Ekiti-2
Kano-2
Borno-1

19,808 confirmed
6,718 discharged
506 deaths pic.twitter.com/PH87IGyn5R

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 20, 2020

The development means the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to nineteen thousand and eight hundred and eight (19,808) with six thousand, seven hundred and eighteen (6,718) people discharged and five hundred and six (506) deaths recorded.