Coronavirus: Infections maintain high tempo as Nigeria records 627 new cases to hit 15,181

13 Juin 2020

Abuja, Nigeria, June 13 (Infosplusgabon) - Nigeria Friday recorded 627 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, maintaining the high tempo for two consecutive days.

The daily toll on Thursday was 681 cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet said that, with the new figure, Nigeria now had 15,181 confirmed cases.

The NCDC also said that as at June 12, 12 deaths were recorded.

Altogether, out of the total confirmed cases of 15,181, 9,891 were active cases, 4,891 have been treated and discharged while 399 deaths have been recorded in 35 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The country has collected a total of 88, 432 samples for testing.

The health agency said that Lagos State retained its commanding lead of 229 new cases, with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) trailing with 65 new infections.

Other states with new infections include Abia (54), Borno (42), Oyo (35), Rivers (28), Edo (28), Gombe (27), Ogun (21), Plateau (18), Delta (18), Bauchi (10), Kaduna (10), Benue (9), Ondo (8), Kwara (6), Nasarawa (4), Enugu (4), Sokoto (3), Niger (3), Kebbi (3), Yobe (1), and Kano (1).

Meanwhile, the NCDC says the measures for easing the phase two of the lockdown remain, with mandatory use of face masks, temperature, physical distancing of two metres, and facility/business owners providing hand washing facilities or sanitizers.

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