Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 556 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday evening, confirmed 556 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria.

The new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the health agency.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 36,663, which includes 15,105 discharged persons and 789 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states.

Edo-104
Lagos-97
FCT-70
Benue-66
Oyo-61
Kaduna-38
Plateau-28
Osun-19
Akwa Ibom-14
Rivers-13
Katsina-13
Ondo-13
Ogun-6
Kano-5
Nasarawa-4
Gombe-2
Ekiti-2
Borno-1

556 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Edo-104
Lagos-97
FCT-70
Benue-66
Oyo-61
Kaduna-38
Plateau-28
Osun-19
Akwa Ibom-14
Rivers-13
Katsina-13
Ondo-13
Ogun-6
Kano-5
Nasarawa-4
Gombe-2
Ekiti-2
Borno-1

36,663 confirmed
15,105 discharged
789 deaths pic.twitter.com/ZVso5XHyGG

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 19, 2020