Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise to 20,244


Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have exceeded 20,000 as the country recorded 436 new infections.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet on Sunday night.
It said “On the 21st of June 2020, 436 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
Till date, 20,244 cases have been confirmed, 6879 cases have been discharged and 518 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 436 new cases are reported from 19 states- 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)

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