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Nigeria records 403 new COVID-19 cases, death toll now 420

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June 15, 2020

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 403 new cases in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases to 16,085.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is Nigeria’s leading national public health institute..

The NCDC is a Nigerian federal government agency under the Federal Ministry of Health and is headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. The agency is currently headed by Chikwe Ihekweazu.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC in a tweet on Sunday night confirmed that :

Gombe-73

Lagos-68

Kano-46

Edo-36

FCT-35

Nasarawa-31

Kaduna-17

Oyo-16

Abia-15

Delta-13

Borno-13

Plateau-8

Niger-7

Rivers-7

Enugu-6

Ogun-6

Kebbi-3

Ondo-1

Anambra-1

Imo-1

It said: “As at 11:43 pm, 14th June, there are 16,085 confirmed cases in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, 5220 patients have now been discharged from various treatment centres, while 420 patients have died of the disease.”

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have now released a recent update on the deadly virus in the country.

403 new cases of #COVID19

Gombe-73
Lagos-68
Kano-46
Edo-36
FCT-35
Nasarawa-31
Kaduna-17
Oyo-16
Abia-15
Delta-13
Borno-13
Plateau-8
Niger-7
Rivers-7
Enugu-6
Ogun-6
Kebbi-3
Ondo-1
Anambra-1
Imo-1

16,085 confirmed
5,220 discharged
420 deaths pic.twitter.com/lg4fcXLLYs
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 14, 2020