Nigeria added 661 new cases of Coronavirus on Saturday, as the country’s total rose to 19,808.
Lagos State continued to dominate the new infections list, with 230 cases, followed by 127 from Rivers State, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Other States were Delta-83, FCT-60, Oyo-51, Edo-31, Bayelsa-27, Kaduna-25, Plateau-13, Ondo-6, Nasarawa-3, Ekiti-2, Kano-2, and Borno-1.
NCDC said a total of 6,718 patients have been discharged, while the death toll rose to 506.
On the global scene, as of 1:38pm CEST, 20 June 2020, there had been 8,525,042 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 456,973 deaths, reported to WHO.
