The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 587 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17, 735.
The NCDC announced on Wednesday via Twitter that as of June 17, the 587 new confirmed cases were from 18 states and 14 deaths recorded.
The agency said that no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours.
It also said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 155 new cases, while Edo was second with 75 new infections.
Others are FCT–67, Rivers–65, Oyo–56, Delta–50, Bayelsa–25, Plateau–18, Kaduna–18, Enugu-17, Borno–12, Ogun–12, Ondo–7, Kwara–4, Kano–2, Gombe–2, Sokoto–1 and Kebbi-1.
The NCDC said that till date, 17, 735 cases had been confirmed, 11,229 active cases, 5,967 cases had been treated and discharged, 103,799 samples had been collected, and 469 deaths had been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The NCDC had announced the inclusion of four new laboratories in the COVID-19 Molecular Lab Network.
According to the NCDC, there are currently 38 laboratories in Nigeria with the capacity to test for COVID-19.
