COVID-19 Latest: NCDC Reports 667 New Cases, Puts Tally At 19,147
BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI, ABUJA – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has jumped to 19,147 as at late on Friday night, June 19, 2020.
According to the reports on its official Twitter handle, 667 new cases were recorded from 23 States with 12 deaths in the last 24 hours nationwide.
The Friday night figures further indicated that from the total number of confirmed cases, 6,581 patients have been treated and discharged from the various isolation Centres across the country while the fatality figure now stand at 487 deaths.
The NCDC said: “On the 19th of June 2020, 667 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 19,147 cases have been confirmed, 6581 cases have been discharged and 487 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
The 667 new cases reported from 23 states indicated thus: Lagos – (281), Abia – (48), Oyo – (45), FCT – (38), Ogun – (37), Enugu – (31), Ondo – (23), Plateau – (21), Edo – (19), Delta – (18), Rivers – (18), Bayelsa – (17),
Listed also on the NCDC’s chart are: Akwa Ibom – (17), Kaduna – (14), Kano – (12), Bauchi – (9) Gombe – (4), Osun – (3), Benue – (3), Nasarawa – (3), Kwara – (3), Ekiti – (2), Borno – (1)
