NCDC Reports 260 New Cases Of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed two hundred and sixty new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

The health agency released the new update on its verified official account on the microblogging site on Sunday, June 7. The new update brings the total number of COVID-19 pandemic in the country to 12486.

3959 patients have been discharged and declared free of the dreadful disease while 354 persons confirmed dead so far, Naija News understands.

See the newly reported cases below.

260 new cases of #COVID19;

Abia-67
FCT-40
Lagos-38
Ogun-19
Gombe-16
Edo-14
Imo-9
Kwara-8
Katsina-8
Nasarawa-8
Borno-8
Kaduna-6
Bauchi-5
Ekiti-4
Niger-2
Ondo-2
Plateau-2
Kano-2
Sokoto-2

12486 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3959
Deaths: 354 pic.twitter.com/QBBLccAfdJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 7, 2020

Meanwhile, Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic Church, has declared that the worst stage of the COVID-19 crises in Italy is over.