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490 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria

490 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.  

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC. 142 of the new cases recorded in Lagos, 60 in FCT, 54 in Bayelsa, 39 in Rivers, 37 in Delta, 30 in Oyo, 26 in Kaduna, 23 in Imo.

19 in Enugu, 17 in Kwara, 11 in Gombe, 10 in Ondo, 8 in Bauchi, 7 in Ogun, 6 in Borno, and 1 in Benue State.  

In total, Nigeria recorded 17,148 cases of COVID-19. 5,623 patients discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 455 deaths recorded.