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Nigeria records 661 new cases of COVID-19, total now 19,808

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Nigeria’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, on Friday, increased to 19,808 as 661 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Wednesday night. it also said that 230 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos.

“On the 20th of June 2020, 661 new confirmed cases and 19 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 19808 cases have been confirmed, 6718 cases have been discharged and 506 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 661 new cases are reported from 14 states; 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.”

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 8,407 6,848 1,436 123
FCT 1,549 1,046 475 28
Kano 1,184 422 712 50
Rivers 866 480 356 30
Oyo 860 569 282 9
Edo 779 587 161 31
Ogun 623 250 358 15
Kaduna 552 256 286 10
Delta 501 360 124 17
Borno 466 82 353 31
Gombe 451 211 226 14
Bauchi 447 114 322 11
Katsina 426 171 233 22
Jigawa 317 120 191 6
Ebonyi 234 97 137 0
Abia 221 125 93 3
Plateau 220 101 114 5
Imo 205 181 21 3
Nasarawa 184 90 88 6
Kwara 180 52 122 6
Bayelsa 155 117 29 9
Sokoto 135 6 115 14
Ondo 134 76 42 16
Enugu 126 92 29 5
Zamfara 76 0 71 5
Kebbi 67 21 40 6
Anambra 66 6 51 9
Niger 66 31 33 2
Akwa Ibom 65 23 40 2
Yobe 56 3 45 8
Osun 54 4 46 4
Adamawa 42 1 37 4
Benue 39 27 12 0
Ekiti 34 4 28 2
Taraba 18 8 10 0
Kogi 3 3 0 0

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