Nigeria Records 436 Fresh Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 20,244

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have exceeded 20,000 as the country recorded 436 new infections on Sunday.

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet via its official twitter handle.

436 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-169
Oyo-52
Plateau-31
Imo-29
Kaduna-28
Ogun-23
FCT-18
Enugu-18
Bauchi-17
Bayelsa-14
Rivers-8
Osun-6
Kano-6
Edo-5
Benue-5
Adamawa-3
Borno-2
Abia-1
Ekiti-1

20,244 confirmed
6,879 discharged
518 deaths pic.twitter.com/Y1GqUgSMwI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 21, 2020

The NCDC stated that a total of 6,879 patients have recovered and have been discharged, while 518 deaths have been recorded.