345 in Lagos as Nigeria announces 681 new coronavirus cases in 17 states

Bayo Wahab 00:45 - 12 June 2020

Ogun state commences Walking and Drive-through tests for Coronavirus. [Twitter/@dabiodunMFR]

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria exceeded 14,500 on Thursday, June 11, 2020.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced a record-breaking 681 new cases of coronavirus in the country, bringing the official total of the cases to 14, 554.

So far, this is the highest number of cases announced in a single day.

According to the NCDC, 345 of the new cases were confirmed in Lagos, the epicentre of the virus.

681 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-345
Rivers-51
Ogun-48
Gombe-47
Oyo-36
Imo-31
Delta-28
Kano-23
Bauchi-18
Edo-12
Katsina-12
Kaduna-9
Anambra-7
Jigawa-5
Kebbi-4
Ondo-4
Nasarawa-1

Total of:
14,554 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
4,494 discharged
387 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/VAMND4EM4J
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 11, 2020

The agency’s update also showed that 51 more cases were detected in Rivers, 48 in Ogun, 47 in Gombe, 36 in Oyo, 31 in Imo, 28 in Delta, 23 in Kano, 18 in Bauchi and 12 cases each in Edo and Katsina.