BREAKING: Coronavirus in Nigeria hit over 20000 as NCDC records new cases

Nigeria has recorded new coronavirus cases.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night, released the 436 new cases and total number of the ravaging disease was also confirmed in Nigeria.

The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases as of Sunday 21 June 2020 in the country is 20,244, with 6,879 persons discharged, and 518 death cases have also been confirmed by NCDC.

The breakdown of numbers confirmed by states were also giving by the centre via the micro blogging site, Twitter.

The Agency tweeted: “436 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-169 Oyo-52 Plateau-31 Imo-29 Kaduna-28 Ogun-23 FCT-18 Enugu-18 Bauchi-17 Bayelsa-14 Rivers-8 Osun-6 Kano-6 Edo-5 Benue-5 Adamawa-3 Borno-2 Abia-1 Ekiti-1,” adding: 20,244 confirmed 6,879 discharged 518 deaths.”

436 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-169
Oyo-52
Plateau-31
Imo-29
Kaduna-28
Ogun-23
FCT-18
Enugu-18
Bauchi-17
Bayelsa-14
Rivers-8
Osun-6
Kano-6
Edo-5
Benue-5
Adamawa-3
Borno-2
Abia-1
Ekiti-1

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20,244 confirmed
6,879 discharged
518 deaths pic.twitter.com/Y1GqUgSMwI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 21, 2020