By CGTN Africa
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced 51 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total numbers of infections in the country to 167,206, as of June 19.
The agency stated that the 51 new cases were reported from six states, including Lagos (41), Rivers (5), Gombe (3), FCT (1) and Akwa-Ibom (1).
The NCDC said that as at Saturday, June 19, 2021, the public health agency registered no COVID-19-related deaths for the past 15 days, leaving the total fatalities in the country to 2,117 deaths.
10 people were also discharged from hospital after recovering from the disease bringing the total number of patients to have been discharged from hospitals and isolation centres to 163, 550.
The agency added that there were now 1,498 active cases across the country as of June 19.