As the nation continues its fight against Coronavirus, Nigeria on Tuesday night recorded 562 new cases of COVID-19.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official Twitter handle.
According to the NCDC’s tweet, the total number of cases so far in Nigeria is now 37,225.
The NCDC further revealed that 801 people have died from the virus with 15,333 patients discharged.
The Federal Capital Territory took the lead with 102 infected patients on Tuesday, with Lagos following with 100.
The state by state beak-down of others infected with COVID-19, as released by the NCDC are as follows:
Plateau-52
Kwara-50
Abia-47
Kaduna-35
Benue-34
Oyo-26
Ebonyi-24
Kano-16
Niger-15
Anambra-14
Gombe-12
Edo-11
Rivers-6
Nasarawa-5
Delta-5
Borno-3
Enugu– 2
Bauchi-2
Kebbi-1
562 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-102
Lagos-100
Plateau-52
Kwara-50
Abia-47
Kaduna-35
Benue-34
Oyo-26
Ebonyi-24
Kano-16
Niger-15
Anambra-14
Gombe-12
Edo-11
Rivers-6
Nasarawa-5
Delta-5
Borno-3
Enugu- 2
Bauchi-2
Kebbi- 137,225 confirmed
15,333 discharged
801 deaths pic.twitter.com/YOnyl1KNUP— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 20, 2020
In a related story, WITHIN NIGERIA reported that the Osun State Government has confirmed that 10 Coronavirus patients were on Monday discharged from the State’s Treatment and Isolation Centre following the discovery of 19 new cases.
The Health Commissioner, Dr Rafiu Ismontu stated this in a statement, said that the fresh cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases.
Discussion about this post