Filed by David Royal
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria has now reached 10,819 with only 3,239 cases discharged so far and 314 deaths recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
On the 2nd of June 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced on its official website that 241 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths were recorded in the country.
No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The 241 new cases are reported from 14 states – Lagos(142), Oyo(15), FCT(13), Kano(12), Edo(11), Delta(10), Kaduna(9), Rivers(9), Borno(8),Jigawa(4), Gombe(3), Plateau(3), Osun(1), Bauchi(1)
Below is a table showing the breakdown of cases by state:
Globally, Since 31 December 2019 and as of 2 June 2020, 6 245 352 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 376 427 deaths.
Relatively, Lagos State Government has said that in view of the prevailing…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
