The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 667 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria on Friday night.
NCDC said that the 667 new confirmed cases were from 23 states, with six deaths as at June 19.
The agency on it twitter handle @NCDCgov stated that the 667 new cases of #COVID19 breakdown with the nations epicenter leading the log;
Lagos-281 Abia-48 Oyo-45 FCT-38 Ogun-37 Enugu-31 Ondo-23 Plateau-21 Edo-19 Delta-18 Rivers-18 Bayelsa-17 Akwa Ibom-17 Kaduna-14 Kano-12 Bauchi-9 Gombe-4 Osun-3 Benue-3 Nasarawa-3 Kwara-3 Ekiti-2 Borno-1
The NCDC said that till date 19,147 cases have been confirmed, 12, 079 active cases, 6581 cases treated and discharged, 108,548 samples collected and 487 deaths recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The health agency said over the next few weeks, it would expand its COVID-19 testing capacity using the Gene-Xpert machines, as part of the National Laboratory Testing Strategy.
NCDC, however, said that it remained committed to supporting all states in the country to test, trace and isolate.
