COVID-19 hits 17,735 cases in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that the record for the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 17,735.

587 new cases were recorded today. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle.

The new cases per states are listed below:

• 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

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

In total, there are now 17,735 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 5,967 patients discharged and 469 deaths.