COVID-19: Nigeria witnessing 75% community transmission, records 348 new infections – NCDC

COVID-19: Nigeria witnessing 75% community transmission, records 348 new infections – NCDC

Nigeria has recorded 1 new death and 348 new confirmed cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease control, NCDC.

The Centre announced this in its COVID-19 Nigeria State report on Tuesday night.

“On the 3rd of June 2020, 348 new confirmed cases in 19 States and 1 death were recorded in Nigeria”.

It noted that though no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours, till date, 11166 cases have been confirmed, 3329 cases have been discharged and 315 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory

Speaking earlier on Tuesday at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily Press Briefing the Director General of the NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu said, “75% of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria have unknown sources of infection, this is normal for a respiratory virus and suggests ongoing community transmission in Nigeria”.

348 new cases of #COVID19:

Lagos-163
FCT-76
Ebonyi-23
Rivers-21
Delta-8
Nasarawa-8
Niger-8
Enugu-6
Bauchi-5
Edo-5
Ekiti-5
Ondo-5
Gombe-5
Benue-4
Ogun-2
Osun-1
Plateau-1
Kogi-1
Anambra-1

Samples Tested
69,801
Confirmed Cases
11,166
Active Cases
7,522
Discharged Cases
3,329
Deaths
315