Nigeria Records 389 COVID-19 Cases, 66 In Lagos (See Breakdown)

Nigeria has recorded 389 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the West African country.

Naija News reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this in a series of tweets on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday evening, June 6.

According to the NCDC, of the three hundred and eighty-nine new coronavirus cases recorded on Saturday evening, 66 were recorded in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, FCT-50 Delta-32 Oyo-31 Borno-26 Rivers-24 Edo-23 Ebonyi-23 Anambra-17 Gombe-17 Nasarawa-14 Imo-12 Kano-12 Sokoto-12 Jigawa-8 Ogun-7 Bauchi-5 Kebbi-2 Kaduna-2 Katsina-2 Ondo-2 Abia-1 Niger-1, northern Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “389 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-66 FCT-50 Delta-32 Oyo-31 Borno-26 Rivers-24 Edo-23 Ebonyi-23 Anambra-17 Gombe-17 Nasarawa-14 Imo-12 Kano-12 Sokoto-12 Jigawa-8 Ogun-7 Bauchi-5 Kebbi-2 Kaduna-2 Katsina-2 Ondo-2 Abia-1 Niger-1 12233 cases of #COVID19 Discharged: 3826 Deaths: 342,” the tweet added.

389 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-66
FCT-50
Delta-32
Oyo-31
Borno-26
Rivers-24
Edo-23
Ebonyi-23
Anambra-17
Gombe-17
Nasarawa-14
Imo-12
Kano-12
Sokoto-12
Jigawa-8
Ogun-7
Bauchi-5
Kebbi-2
Kaduna-2
Katsina-2
Ondo-2
Abia-1
Niger-1

12233 cases of #COVID19
Discharged: 3826
Deaths: 342 pic.twitter.com/MDVl4qreNl

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 6, 2020

The development means the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to twelve thousand, two hundred and thirty-three (12233) with three thousand, eight hundred and twenty-six (3826) people discharged and three and forty-two (342) deaths recorded.