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General News of Monday, 15 June 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

BREAKING: Nigeria's COVID-19 cases rise to 16,658

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Nigeria's COVID-19 cases have risen to a total of 16,658 infections after recording 573 new cases of the virus on Monday night.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Monday.

The centre noted that COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 424 in the country.

It said, “On the 15th of June 2020, 573 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria

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

“Till date, 16658 cases have been confirmed, 5349 cases have been discharged and 424 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 573 new cases are reported from 20 states- 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).”

Globally, the novel coronavirus has killed at least 434,214 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 07 pm on Monday.

At least 7,970,180 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 3,603,600 are considered recovered.

Europe overall has 188,085 deaths from 2,417,902 cases, the United States and Canada have 124,114 deaths from 2,202,820 infections, Latin America and the Caribbean 79,877 deaths from 1,660,695 cases, Asia 23,503 deaths from 865,000 cases, the Middle East 11,950 deaths from 569,347 cases, Africa 6,554 deaths from 245,692 cases, and Oceania 131 deaths from 8,731 cases.