The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 661 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 19,808.
The agency also tweeted on Saturday night saying COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 506 in the country.
It said, “On the 20th of June 2020, 661 new confirmed cases and 19 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 19808 cases have been confirmed, 6718 cases have been discharged and 506 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 661 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos(230), Rivers(127), Delta(83), FCT(60), Oyo(51), Edo(31),Bayelsa(27), Kaduna(25), Plateau(13), Ondo(6), Nasarawa(3), Ekiti(2), Kano(2), Borno(1).”
A tally compiled by AFP as of 7pm on Saturday said the virus has killed at least 461,665 people around the world since it first broke out last December in Wuhan, China.
