Coronavirus
Gombe records highest cases of coronavirus, as pandemic surpasses 16000 in Nigeria

Nigeria has recorded new cases of ravaging coronavirus, as highest number are detected in Gombe state, making total cases of the pandemic surpass 16,000 in the country.
Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement that 403 persons tested positive for the pandemic in Nigeria, taking the total number of the viral disease to 16085 in the country.
This reliable online news platform understands that the NCDC confirmed 403 new cases of COVID-19 via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday night, June 14.
NCDC recorded that 403 COVID-19 cases confirmed on Sunday night, 73 were detected in Gombe, 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.
NCDC tweeted: “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”.
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-116,085 confirmed
5,220 discharged
420 deaths pic.twitter.com/lg4fcXLLYs— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 14, 2020
For breakdown by state, see here
Meanwhile, with the new cases of four hundred and three (403), death cases are four hundred and twenty (420) and discharged cases are five thousand, two hundred and twenty (5220), so the total cases of the disease in Nigeria as on Sunday night, 14 2020 is sixteen thousand and eighty five (16,085).
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