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Nigeria now has over 20,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

Last updated: June 22, 2020 12:12 pm
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Nigeria breaks the 20,000 mark

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 436 Covid-19 infections bringing the total number in the country to 20,244.

The new Covid-19 infections are recorded in 19 states including Lagos-169, Oyo-52, Plateau-31, Imo-29, Kaduna-28, Ogun-23, FCT and Enugu-18 each. Others include Bauchi-17, Bayelsa-14, Rivers-8, Osun and Kano-6 each; Edo and Benue-5 each; Adamawa-3; Borno-2; Abia and Ekiti-1 each.

436 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-169
Oyo-52
Plateau-31
Imo-29
Kaduna-28
Ogun-23
FCT-18
Enugu-18
Bauchi-17
Bayelsa-14
Rivers-8
Osun-6
Kano-6
Edo-5
Benue-5
Adamawa-3
Borno-2
Abia-1
Ekiti-1

20,244 confirmed
6,879 discharged
518 deaths pic.twitter.com/Y1GqUgSMwI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 21, 2020

There are 12 new Covid-19 fatalities taking the death toll in Nigeria to 518 with 161 patients discharged and the number of successfully treated cases now 6,879.

(Editor: Terverr Tyav)

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