Nigeria yesterday recorded 490 new COVID-19 cases, bringing it to a total of 17,148 cases of COVID-19 in 35 states and the FCT. This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The NCDC alsoannounced a significant spike in its daily fatality toll as 31 persons were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications in the last 24 hours.The figure,makes it a total of 455 COVID-19 deaths recorded in the country. The 490 new cases were recorded as follows: Lagos-142, FCT-60, Bayelsa-54, Rivers-39,…
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