Nigeria has recorded 587 new Coronavirus cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 587 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, June 17.

According to the NCDC, of the 587 COVID-19 cases recorded on Wednesday evening, 155 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Edo-75 FCT-67 Rivers-65 Oyo-56 Delta-50 Bayelsa-25 Plateau-18 Kaduna-18 Enugu-17 Borno-12 Ogun-12 Ondo-7 Kwara-4 Kano-2 Gombe-2 Sokoto-1 Kebbi-1, northern Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “587 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-155 Edo-75 FCT-67 Rivers-65 Oyo-56 Delta-50 Bayelsa-25 Plateau-18 Kaduna-18 Enugu-17 Borno-12 Ogun-12 Ondo-7 Kwara-4 Kano-2 Gombe-2 Sokoto-1 Kebbi-1 17,735 confirmed 5,967 discharged 469 deaths”.