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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has announced 436 new cases of coronavirus in the country.
This development brings the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 20,244.
The NCDC disclosed this in a post onits Twitter handle.
The centre also said that 12 more patients died of coronavirus-related complications in the country.
According to data obtained on the NCDC’s website, Nigeria currently has 12,847 active COVID-19 cases.
“On the 21st of June 2020, 436 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 20244 cases have been confirmed, 6879 cases have been discharged and 518 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 436 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos (169), Oyo (52), Plateau (31), Imo (29), Kaduna (28), Ogun (23), FCT (18), Enugu (18), Bauchi (17), Bayelsa (14), Rivers (8), Osun (6), Kano (6), Edo(5), Benue (5), Adamawa (3), Borno (2), Abia (1), Ekiti (1),” NCDC said.