Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported 409 new cases of coronavirus and 145 recoveries late Wednesday.
The centre made this known on its official Twitter page, stating;
409 new cases of #COVID19;
Lagos-201
FCT- 85
Delta- 22
Edo- 16
Nasarawa- 14
Borno- 14
Kaduna- 14
Bauchi-10
Rivers-9
Enugu- 5
Kano- 5
Ogun- 4
Ondo- 4
Bayelsa- 2
Kebbi- 2
Plateau- 2Total of:
13,873 confirmed cases
4,351 discharged
382 deaths pic.twitter.com/RDk2lvuKaG— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 10, 2020
On Tuesday, the country’s total coronavirus toll surpassed the 13,000 mark having 13,464 with 4,206 discharged patients and 365 causalities.
The figures have now increased to 13,873 total cases, 4,351 recoveries and 382 death cases across the country.
Total samples tested nationwide, according to NCDC’s situation report, have also grown from 79,948 to 82,935 as at June 9th.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has accredited a laboratory for the testing of COVID-19 with 180 capacity in Jigawa state.
The state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Abba Aakari confirmed this to journalists in a press briefing in Dutse, the state capital.
According to him, the state will no longer send samples to other states for testing henceforth.
