Over 16,000 confirmed as Nigeria records 403 new cases of COVID-19

 

BY IGWE OKOSO

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Nigeria as of Sunday June 14, 2020 has recorded a total of 16,085 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Also 420 COVID-19 related deaths have been registered across the country while 5,220 cases have been discharged having tested negative for the virus.

The NCDC in an update published on its COVID-19 website said 403 new cases were confirmed and 13 deaths recorded in Nigeria on Sunday.

The 403 new cases were reported as follows: Gombe (73), Lagos (68), Kano (46), Edo (36), FCT (35), Nasarawa (31), Kaduna (17), Oyo (16), Abia (15), Delta (13), Borno (13), Plateau (8), Niger (7), Rivers (7), Enugu (6), Ogun (6), Kebbi (3), Ondo (1), Anambra (1) and Imo (1).

Out of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, only Cross River State is without a confirmed case, in over three months of the pandemic in Nigeria.

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