The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday announced that the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria has increased by another 573. NCDC made this announcement on its Twitter handle, also stating that four deaths were recorded, and no new state has reported a new case in the last 24 hours.
It said, “On June 15, 2020, 573 new confirmed cases and four deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.”
Remember, both the NCDC and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 have cautioned people to take responsibility especially now that the Federal Government has passed the battle against the control of the virus to the state governors.
The new update showed that till date, 16,658 cases have been confirmed, 5349 cases have been discharged and 424 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The latest 573 new cases of #COVID19 were recorded by the following states:
Lagos-216
Rivers-103
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
