June 27, 2020

Just In: Another Grim Figure As Covid-19 Cases Surpass 23,000 In Nigeria

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Nigeria’s Covid-19 latest figures released on Friday night reveal that the country’s total has reached 23,298 after 684 new cases were reported.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) daily update for Friday, June 26, which was made public via its verified Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, the breakdown of the latest figure as as follows:

Lagos-259

Ogun-23

Edo-22

Osun-22

Ebonyi-21

FCT-20

Kaduna-16

Ondo-10

Imo-9

Abia-9

Gombe-5

Plateau-4

Bauchi-4

Ekiti-2

Anambra-1

23,298 confirmed

8,253 discharged

554 deaths

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