Death Toll Rises To 455; 17, 148 Confirmed Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 490 new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 17, 148 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Wednesday.

Lagos state lead the way with a whopping 142 cases from the 490 new cases added on Wednesday.

As at 00:00 on Wednesday, Nigeria had recorded 5, 623 recoveries and a total of 455 dead cases so far.

490 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-142
FCT-60
Bayelsa-54
Rivers-39
Delta-37
Oyo-30
Kaduna-26
Imo-23
Enugu-19
Kwara-17
Gombe-11
Ondo-10
Bauchi-8
Ogun-7
Borno-6
Benue-1

17,148 confirmed
5,623 discharged
455 deaths pic.twitter.com/wou7Q1PfIo

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 16, 2020