Nigeria has recorded 501 new Coronavirus cases in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday evening, June 13.

According to the NCDC, of the 501 COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday evening, 195 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, FCT-50 Kano-42 Kaduna-27 Edo-26 Oyo-22 Imo-21 Gombe-17 Benue-12 Enugu-12 Delta-11 Anambra-11 Ebonyi-10 Nasarawa-9 Ogun-9 Bauchi-8 Kebbi-4 Akwa Ibom-3 Jigawa-3 Katsina-3 Yobe-2 Borno-2 Kwara-1 Ondo-1, southwest Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “501 new cases of #COVID19 Lagos-195 FCT-50 Kano-42 Kaduna-27 Edo-26 Oyo-22 Imo-21 Gombe-17 Benue-12 Enugu-12 Delta-11 Anambra-11 Ebonyi-10 Nasarawa-9 Ogun-9 Bauchi-8 Kebbi-4 Akwa Ibom-3 Jigawa-3 Katsina-3 Yobe-2 Borno-2 Kwara-1 Ondo-1 15,682 confirmed 5101 discharged 407 deaths,” the tweet added.

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to fifteen thousand, six hundred and eighty-two (15,682) with five thousand, one hundred and one (5,101) people discharged and four hundred and seven (407) deaths recorded so far.