The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday recorded 31 Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths, the highest number announced in a day.
NCDC also confirmed 490 new cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17,148.
According to NCDC through it’s official Twitter handle, as at June 16, 2020, the new cases were recorded in 16 states while no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
NCDC explained that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 142 new cases and FCT was second with 60 new infections.
”The 490 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos(142), FCT(60), Bayelsa(54), Rivers(39), Delta(37), Oyo(30), Kaduna(26), Imo(23), Enugu(19), Kwara(17), Gombe(11), Ondo(10), Bauchi(8), Ogun(7), Borno(6), Benue(1).
NCDC explained that Lagos State recorded 25 deaths between June 12 and 15 ; and they were all announced on June, 16.
