Nigeria Records 409 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Infections Hit 13,893

Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increased further with 409 cases reported by the country, even as the nation intensifies efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic.

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 13,893 out of which 4,351 have been discharged with 392 losing their lives.

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- 2

Total of:
13,873 confirmed cases
4,351 discharged
382 deaths pic.twitter.com/RDk2lvuKaG

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 10, 2020

Data from the NCDC showed that the cases were spread across 15 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 201 cases.