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Covid-19: Nigeria Records 681 New cases As Total Rises To 14,554

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded 681 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

In a tweet on Thursday night, the NCDC said that the new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 14,544.

“On the 11th of June 2020, 681 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.


“Till date, 14,554 cases have been confirmed, 4,494 cases have been discharged and 387 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 681 new cases are reported from 17 states; Lagos-345, Rivers-51, Ogun-48, Gombe-47, Oyo-36, Imo-31, Delta-28, Kano-23, Bauchi-18, Edo-12, Katsina-12, Kaduna-9, Anambra-7, Jigawa-5, Kebbi-4, Ondo-4, Nasarawa-1.”

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State


States            Cases    Active  Discharged        Deaths

Lagos         6,611 5,532          997                   82

FCT                 1,097     792          280                   25

Kano         1,048     442               556           50

Ogun            523     296           214           13

Edo                    490     343           122           25

Rivers             454     244           188           22

Oyo                     434     309           118                    7

Katsina             411     171           219           21

Bauchi             392      152              230           10

Kaduna             392      141           241           10

Borno             381      150           205           26

Jigawa             314      138            171             5

Gombe             293      146            135           12

Delta             225      151               63           11

Ebonyi             152        82               70             0
 
Kwara             143        72               70             1

Plateau             130        28               99             3

Sokoto             129         12             103           14

Nasarawa     128          92               31             5

Imo                  114          94               19             1

Abia               97          81               16             0

Zamfara       76            0                 71             5

Ondo               54          14                31             9

Anambra       53          39                13             1
 
Yobe               52          20                 25             7

Osun               50            6                 40             4

Kebbi               47           13                 29             5

Niger               46           19                 26             1

Akwa Ibom       45           28                 15             2

Adamawa       42             4                 34             4

Enugu               35           20                 14             1

Bayelsa               32             9                 20             3

Ekiti               30           10                 18             2

Taraba               18             8                 10            0

Benue               13           12                   1             0

Kogi                 3             3                   0            

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