587 new cases ofCOVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 155 of the new cases were recorded inLagos,
75 in Edo, 67 in FCT, 65 in Rivers, 56 in Oyo, 50 in Delta, 25 in
Bayelsa, 18 in Plateau, 18 in Kaduna, 17 in Enugu, 12 in Borno, 12 in
Ogun, 7 in Ondo, 4 in Kwara, 2 in Kano, 2 in Gombe, 1 in Sokoto, 1 in
Kebbi.
In
total, Nigeria has now recorded 17,735 cases of COVID-19. 5,967
patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the
country, while 469 deaths have been recorded.