June 23, 2020

Nigeria Records 675 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, Total Now 20,919

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 675 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 20,919.

According to NCDC in a tweet via its verified Twitter handle tweeted that “Lagos-288, Oyo-76, Rivers-56, Delta-31, Ebonyi-30, Gombe-28, Ondo-20, Kaduna-20, Kwara-20, Ogun-17, FCT-16, Edo-13, Abia-10, Nasarawa-9, Imo-9, Bayelsa-8, Borno-8, Katsina-8, Sokoto-3, Bauchi-3, Plateau-2, confirmed cases 20,919, discharged 7,109, deaths 525. Covid-19

Read NCDC’s full tweets below;

675 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-288
Oyo-76
Rivers-56
Delta-31
Ebonyi-30
Gombe-28
Ondo-20
Kaduna-20
Kwara-20
Ogun-17
FCT-16
Edo-13
Abia-10
Nasarawa-9
Imo-9
Bayelsa-8
Borno-8
Katsina-8
Sokoto-3
Bauchi-3
Plateau-2

20,919 confirmed
7,109 discharged
525 deaths pic.twitter.com/7nAWZGBiYY

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 22, 2020

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