In the last 24 hours, 20 states in Nigeria have reported 600 new Covid-19 cases bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 35,454.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed the 600 new Covid-19 infections in Lagos-129; FCT-118; Oyo-87; Kano-55; Benue-42; Enugu-35; Kwara-28; Imo-16; Ogun-13; Kaduna and Ondo-12 each.
Others states with new cases include Delta and Edo-11 each ; Plateau-8; Nasarawa, Ekiti and Niger-6 each; Borno and Abia-4 each; Gombe-3.
600 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-129
FCT-118
Oyo-87
Kano-55
Benue-42
Enugu-35
Kwara-28
Imo-16
Ogun-13
Kaduna-12
Ondo-12
Delta-11
Edo-11
Plateau-8
Nasarawa-6
Ekiti-6
Niger-6
Borno-4
Abia-4
Gombe-3
35,454 confirmed
14,633 discharged
772 deaths pic.twitter.com/OsPmCXJVU2
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 17, 2020There are 341 Covid-19 patients that were discharged across Nigeria on Friday. This brings the total number of successfully treated cases in the country to 14,633.
Meanwhile, 4 new Covid-19 fatalities have been reported in Nigeria with the total number of deaths since the index case was confirmed on February 27 now 772.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
