Nigeria Crosses 15,000 COVID-19 Cases As NCDC Confirms 627 New Infections

627 fresh cases of the COVID-19 infection have been recorded in Nigeria.

This brings the total number recorded in the country to 15,181.

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

627 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria

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

Total:
15181 confirmed
4891 discharged
399 deaths pic.twitter.com/aiShUyjiJA

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 12, 2020

Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria with 6,840 cases. Next are the FCT with 1,162 and Kano with 1,049 cases.