COVID-19: Nigeria records 587 new cases and 14 deaths

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587 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. 14 people were also reported to have died.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 155 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 75 in Edo, 67 in FCT, 65 in Rivers, 56 in Oyo, 50 in Delta, 25 in Bayelsa, 18 in Plateau, 18 in Kaduna, 17 in Enugu, 12 in Borno, 12 in Ogun, 7 in Ondo, 4 in Kwara, 2 in Kano, 2 in Gombe, 1 in Sokoto, 1 in Kebbi.

Breakdown of cases according to states and the FCT

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