Rivers covid-19 infections now 482 with 22 deaths

Rivers State coronavirus cases have jumped to 482, a frightening spike since the lockdown was relaxed by Governor Nyesom Wike last month.

The state currently has 264 cases with 196 discharges. However, 22 persons have died.

On the 12th of June 2020, 627 new confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded in Nigeria by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control.

The Centre said that no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

Till date, 15181 cases have been confirmed, 4891 cases have been discharged and 399 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 627 new cases are reported from 23 states- Lagos(229), FCT(65), Abia(54), Borno(42), Oyo(35), Rivers(28), Edo(28), Gombe(27), Ogun(21), Plateau(18), Delta(18), Bauchi(10), Kaduna(10), Benue(9), Ondo(8), Kwara(6), Nasarawa(4), Enugu(4), Sokoto(3), Niger(3), Kebbi(3), Yobe(1), Kano(1)