COVID-19: Nigeria records 490 new cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Sunday that the country recorded 490 new cases of COVID-19 as her total infections hit 24,567.

This was revealed via its Twitter handle @NCDCgov.

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These new cases were recorded in 20 states of the federation, with Lagos State recording the highest figure of 118 and Kogi, Oyo and Bayelsa each recording a single case.

According to the tweet, the figures are: “Lagos-118, Delta-84, Ebonyi-68, FCT-56, Plateau-39, Edo-29, Katsina-21, Imo-13, Ondo-12, Adamawa-11, Osun-8, Ogun-8, Rivers-6, Kano-5, Enugu-3, Bauchi-3, Akwa Ibom-3, Kogi-1, Oyo-1, Bayelsa-1”

As at 11:28 PM of June 28, 2020, there were 24,567 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, 9,007 patients have been discharged and 565 fatalities recorded

490 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-118
Delta-84
Ebonyi-68
FCT-56
Plateau-39
Edo-29
Katsina-21
Imo-13
Ondo-12
Adamawa-11
Osun-8
Ogun-8
Rivers-6
Kano-5
Enugu-3
Bauchi-3
Akwa Ibom-3
Kogi-1
Oyo-1
Bayelsa-1

24,567 confirmed
9,007 discharged
565 deaths pic.twitter.com/ZIOXhtme3z

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 28, 2020