COVID-19 Update: NCDC Confirms 501 New Cases, 407 Deaths

• Nigeria’s tally now 15,682 cases
• Over 7.75m infections reported globally

BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI, ABUJA – Nigeria’s 501 new infections reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) late on Saturday, June 13 added to the rising figure of over 7.75 million confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) globally.

Latest figures published by John Hopkins University showed that 7,757,740 cases have been detected worldwide; current fatality puts at 429,632 deaths; with 3,679,745 people so far treated and recovered from the virus infection.

According to the NCDC, with the fresh cases, Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases has now risen to 15,682 since the pandemic outbreak in the country.

The Centre also reported eight deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 407 with a total of 5,101 patients so far treated and discharged from various isolation centres nationwide.

“Till date, 15682 cases have been confirmed, 5101 cases have been discharged and 407 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory”, the NCDC said.

As usual, the NCDC also tweeted that with no new state reporting a case in the last 24 hours, the fresh cases came in from 24 states of the federation.

Of the 501 new cases, the breakdown indicated thus: Lagos – (195); FCT – (50); Kano – (42); Kaduna – (27); Edo – (26); Oyo – (22); Imo – (21); Gombe – (17); Benue – (12); Enugu – (12); Delta (11); Anambra – (11); and Ebonyi – (10).

Others are: Nasarawa – (9); Ogun – (9); Bauchi – (8); Kebbi – (4); Akwa Ibom – (3); Jigawa – (3); Katsina – (3); Yobe – (2); Borno – (2); Kwara – (1); and Ondo – (1)

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