NCDC Confirms 241 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria

241 fresh cases of COVID-19 coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 10,819.

The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control via its official twitter handle.

241 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-142
Oyo-15
FCT-13
Kano-12
Edo-11
Delta-10
Kaduna -9
Rivers-9
Borno-8
Jigawa-4
Gombe-3
Plateau-3
Osun-1
Bauchi-1

10819 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3239
Deaths: 314#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/VIRaG5lGiN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 2, 2020

While the number of deaths rose to 314, the number of discharge cases also grew to 3,239.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 377,213 people worldwide since the outbreak first emerged in China last December.