Nigeria moved very close to the 17,000 threshold, Monday, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed 573 fresh cases of the coronavirus in the country.
his put the total prevalence at 16, 658. Fatalities also soared at 424 deaths while a total of 5,349 healed victims have been discharged and given clean bill of health till date.
The NCDC gave the breakdown as follows: “573 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-216 Rivers-103 Oyo-68 Edo-40 Kano-21 Gombe-20 FCT-17 Delta-13 Plateau-12 Bauchi-12 Niger-10 Kebbi-9 Ogun-8 Ondo-8 Abia-7 Nasarawa-5 Borno-1 Kwara-1 Benue-1 Anambra-1 16,658 confirmed 5,349 discharged 424 deaths.”
