Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 15,682 as 501 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Eight deaths were recorded from the virus on Friday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 407.
The health agency in a tweet Saturday night said the new cases were reported in 24 states.
These are Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Kaduna, Edo, Oyo, Imo, Gombe, Benue, Enugu, Delta, Anambra, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Ogun, Bauchi, Kebbi, Akwa Ibom, Jigawa, Katsina, Yobe, Borno, Kwara and Ondo.
All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus.
“On the 13th of June 2020, 501 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours,” NCDC said.
The 501 new cases are reported from 24 states-Lagos (195), FCT (50), Kano (42), Kaduna(27), Edo (26), Oyo (22), Imo(21), Gombe (17), Benue (12), Enugu (12), Delta (11), Anambra(11), Ebonyi (10), Nasarawa (9), Ogun (9), Bauchi (8), Kebbi (4), Akwa Ibom (3) Jigawa (3), Katsina (3), Yobe (2), Borno (2), Kwara (1), Ondo (1).
Till date, 15682 cases have been confirmed, 5101 cases have been discharged and 407 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Since the onset of the outbreak in Nigeria in February, NCDC said 90, 464 samples have so far been tested.
A breakdown of the 15,682 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 7,035 cases, followed by FCT – 1,212, Kano – 1, 091, Ogun – 553, Edo – 544, Rivers – 482, Oyo – 491, Borno – 434, Katsina – 414, Kaduna – 429, Bauchi – 410, Gombe – 419, Jigawa – 317, Delta – 254, Ebonyi – 162, Abia – 151, Kwara – 150, Plateau – 148, Sokoto – 132, Nasarawa – 141, Imo – 135, Zamfara – 76, Ondo – 63, Anambra – 64, Yobe – 53. Osun – 50, Kebbi – 50, Niger – 49, Akwa Ibom – 48, Adamawa – 42, Enugu – 52, Bayelsa – 32, Ekiti – 30, Taraba – 18, Benue – 34, and Kogi – 3.
