The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 627 new cases of coronavirus in the country. This brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 15,181. The NCDC made the announcement via Twitter on Friday. It said, “On the 12th of June 2020, 627 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours. “Till date, 15181 cases have been confirmed, 4891 cases have been discharged and 399 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 627 new cases are reported from 23 states- Lagos(229), FCT(65), Abia(54), Borno(42), Oyo(35), Rivers(28), Edo(28), Gombe(27), Ogun(21), Plateau(18), Delta(18), Bauchi(10), Kaduna(10), Benue(9), Ondo(8), Kwara(6), Nasarawa(4), Enugu(4), Sokoto(3), Niger(3), Kebbi(3), Yobe(1), Kano(1).”
Source: Punch
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