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745 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Nigeria on Thursday

  The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed that cases of Coronavirus in the country has now hit 18,480 after 745 people tested positive on Thursday, June 18, 2020. According…

 

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed that cases of Coronavirus in the country has now hit 18,480 after 745 people tested positive on Thursday, June 18, 2020.

According to NCDC, 280 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 103 in Oyo, 72 in Ebonyi, 60 in FCT, 46 in Imo, 34 in Edo, 33 in Delta, 25 in Rivers, 23 in Kaduna, 16 in Ondo, 12 in Katsina, 10 in Kano, 8 in Bauchi, 7 in Borno, 5 in Kwara, 4 in Gombe, 2 in Sokoto, 2 in Enugu, 1 in Yobe, 1 in Osun, and 1 in Nasarawa State. .

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria hit 18,480 after 745 people tested positive in 24 hours.

In total, Nigeria has now recorded 18,480 cases of COVID-19. 6,307 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 475 deaths have been recorded.

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Published June 19, 2020
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