Bayelsa State has recorded 54 new covid-19 cases, bringing its total infections so far to 86.
A total of 55 cases are still active while 28 have been discharged and 3 have died.
Meanwhile, on the 16th of June 2020, 490 new confirmed cases and 31 deaths were recorded in Nigeria by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC.
The Center said no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
Till date, 17148 cases have been confirmed, 5623 cases have been discharged and 455 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 490 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos(142), FCT(60), Bayelsa(54), Rivers(39), Delta(37), Oyo(30), Kaduna(26), Imo(23), Enugu(19), Kwara(17), Gombe(11), Ondo(10), Bauchi(8), Ogun(7), Borno(6), Benue(1)
