As Nigeria continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic for the past 4 months, the country’s total number has now exceeded 12,000, with more than 4000 thousand recoveries.
As of Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced in a tweet that the country recorded 315 new infections of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 12,801.
NCDC also confirmed that 4,040 COVID-19 patients have so far been discharged in the country following treatment and recovery.
“On the 8th of June 2020, 315 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 12801 cases have been confirmed, 4040 cases have been discharged and 361 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 315 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos(128), FCT(34), Rivers(32), Edo(28), Oyo(22), Kaduna(20), Gombe(13), Ogun(8), Plateau(5), Delta(7), Kwara(7), Kano(5), Bauchi(4), Katsina(2),” the NCDC stated.