Nigeria records new cases of coronavirus, as Edo ranks higher after Lagos, check breakdown for other states

Nigeria has recorded new cases of ravaging coronavirus pandemic, as Edo cases rank higher after Lagos.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement that 587 new cases of deadly pandemic has been detected in Nigeria, making the total number of the viral disease 17735 in the country.

This reliable online news platform understands that the NCDC confirmed 587 new cases of COVID-19 via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday night, June 17.

NCDC recorded that 587 COVID-19 cases confirmed on Wednesday night, 155 were detected in Lagos, Edo -75 FCT-67 Rivers-65 Oyo-56 Delta-50 Bayelsa-25 Plateau-18 Kaduna-18 Enugu-17 Borno-12 Ogun-12 Ondo-7 Kwara-4 Kano-2 Gombe-2 Sokoto-1 Kebbi-1.

NCDC tweeted: “587 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-155 Edo-75 FCT-67 Rivers-65 Oyo-56 Delta-50 Bayelsa-25 Plateau-18 Kaduna-18 Enugu-17 Borno-12 Ogun-12 Ondo-7 Kwara-4 Kano-2 Gombe-2 Sokoto-1 Kebbi-1 17,735 confirmed 5,967 discharged 469 deaths.”

587 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-155
Edo-75
FCT-67
Rivers-65
Oyo-56
Delta-50
Bayelsa-25
Plateau-18
Kaduna-18
Enugu-17
Borno-12
Ogun-12
Ondo-7
Kwara-4
Kano-2
Gombe-2
Sokoto-1
Kebbi-1

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17,735 confirmed
5,967 discharged
469 deaths pic.twitter.com/vUBukvZYTN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 17, 2020

For breakdown by state, see here

Meanwhile, with the new cases of five hundred and eighty nine (589), death cases are four hundred and sixty nine (469) and discharged cases are five thousand, nine hundred sixty seven (5967), so the total cases of the disease in Nigeria as on Wednesday night, 17 2020 is seventeen thousand, seven hundred and thirty five (17,735).