Over 500 dead as Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit 19,808

June 21, 2020 by Delia Innoma 0 Comments

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Saturday.

The NCDC also said COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 506 in the country.

It said, “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).”

Globally, the novel coronavirus has killed at least 461,665 people since the outbreak began in China last December, according to a tally compiled by AFP as of 07pm on Saturday.

– Punch

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