Covid-19: Nigeria Records 260 New Cases, Total Now 12,486

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday, June 7, 2020, announced there are 260 new Covid-19 cases in Nigeria.

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country has risen to 12,486 and the cases were recorded in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

Abia state takes the lead amidst new cases with 67, followed by Abuja with 40, while Lagos, the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria has 38 cases.

In its Sunday updates, the NCDC stated that 19 new cases were detected in Ogun, 16 in Edo, 14 vs Imo, nine in Kwara and eight each in Katsina, Nassarawa and Borno.

Six cases were also recorded in Kaduna, five in Bauchi, four in Ekiti, two each in Niger, Plateau, Kano and Sokoto.

In addition, the number of discharge cases rose to 3959 as 133 more patients recovered from the virus, while 12 more coronavirus-deaths were also recorded. The total number of coronavirus fatalities in the country now stand at 354.