The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced 663 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
This represents the highest number of infections confirmed in a day in the country. The latest figure brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 13,464.
NCDC tweeted: 663 new cases of #COVID19;
Lagos-170
Ogun-108
Bauchi-69
Ebonyi-49
Edo-33
Rivers-30
FCT-26
Jigawa-26
Delta-20
Anambra-17
Gombe-16
Kano-16
Imo-15
Abia-14
Borno-11
Oyo-11
Plateau-8
Kebbi-6
Kaduna-6
Ondo-4
Niger-2
Katsina-2
Osun-1
Ekiti-1
Kwara-1
Nasarawa-1 pic.twitter.com/Ps7Gj0cd7O— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 9, 2020
Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos, remains the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria with 5,895 confirmed cases, 944 recoveries and 72 deaths.
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