Nigeria records 667 new COVID-19 cases, total now 19,147

Nigeria ’s coronavirus cases have increased to 19,147 after 667 new cases were recorded on Friday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its website .
It added that COVID – 19 fatalities have risen to 487 in the country .
NCDC said, “ On the 19th of June 2020, 667 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria .

“ No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“ Till date, 19,147 cases have been confirmed , 6581 cases have been discharged and 487 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory .
“ The 667 new cases are reported from 23 states – Lagos (281 ), Abia (48), Oyo (45), FCT ,(38), Ogun (37), Enugu (31), Ondo (23), Plateau (21), Edo (19), Delta (18), Rivers (18), Bayelsa (17), Akwa Ibom (17), Kaduna (14), Kano (12), Bauchi (9) Gombe (4 ), Osun (3 ), Benue (3 ), Nasarawa (3 ), Kwara (3 ), Ekiti (2), Borno (1). ”

Globally, the novel coronavirus has killed at least 456, 630 people since the outbreak began in China last December , according to a tally compiled by AFP as of 07pm on Friday .

At least 8 , 555, 330 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 3 ,952 ,400 are considered recovered.

Europe overall has 191 ,932 deaths from 2 , 489, 195 cases , the United States and Canada have 127, 145 deaths from 2, 305 ,872 infections, Latin America and the Caribbean 89,327 deaths from 1 , 887, 950 cases , Asia 27, 563 deaths from 963, 782 cases , the Middle East 12,994 deaths from 618, 797 infections, Africa 7 , 538 deaths from 280 ,922 cases , and Oceania 131 deaths from 8 ,817 cases.

Confirmed Cases by State
States Affected
No . of Cases (Lab Confirmed )
No . of Cases (on admission)
No. Discharged
No . of Deaths
Lagos 8 , 177 6 , 664 1, 405 108
FCT 1 , 489 992 469 28
Kano 1 , 182 425 707 50
Oyo 809 519 281 9
Edo 748 556 161 31
Rivers 739 408 304 27
Ogun 623 250 358 15
Kaduna 527 231 286 10
Borno 465 92 342 31
Gombe 451 218 220 13
Bauchi 447 114 322 11
Katsina 426 171 233 22
Delta 418 282 119 17
Jigawa 317 120 191 6
Ebonyi 234 97 137 0
Abia 221 125 93 3
Plateau 207 88 114 5
Imo 205 181 21 3
Nasarawa 181 97 78 6
Kwara 180 52 122 6
Sokoto 135 6 115 14
Ondo 128 70 42 16
Bayelsa 128 90 29 9
Enugu 126 93 28 5
Zamfara 76 0 71 5
Kebbi 67 27 34 6
Anambra 66 6 51 9
Niger 66 31 33 2
Akwa Ibom 65 23 40 2
Yobe 56 3 45 8
Osun 54 5 45 4
Adamawa 42 1 37 4
Benue 39 27 12 0
Ekiti 32 4 26 2
Taraba 18 8 10 0
Kogi 3 3 0 0

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