Nigeria Records 573 New Cases Of COVID-19 As Number Of Infections Spike

Nigeria on Monday recorded 573 new cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

This was disclosed in a tweet via the official twitter handle of the NCDC.

573 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-216
Rivers-103
Oyo-68
Edo-40
Kano-21
Gombe-20
FCT-17
Delta-13
Plateau-12
Bauchi-12
Niger-10
Kebbi-9
Ogun-8
Ondo-8
Abia-7
Nasarawa-5
Borno-1
Kwara-1
Benue-1
Anambra-1

16,658 confirmed
5,349 discharged
424 deaths pic.twitter.com/htVx1P83WG

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 15, 2020

Of the number confirmed, the NCDC stated that 5,349 persons have been discharged and 424 deaths have been recorded.