Nigeria Records 241 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Hit 10,819

Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increased further on Tuesday with 241 cases reported by the country, even as the nation intensifies efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic.

241 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-142
Oyo-15
FCT-13
Kano-12
Edo-11
Delta-10
Kaduna -9
Rivers-9
Borno-8
Jigawa-4
Gombe-3
Plateau-3
Osun-1
Bauchi-1

10819 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3239
Deaths: 314#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/VIRaG5lGiN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 2, 2020

The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter.

This increases the country’s total infections to 10,819 out of which 3,239 have been discharged with 313 losing their lives.



Data from the NCDC showed that the cases were spread across 13 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 142 cases.