New 576 cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has been confirmed by NCDC.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 576 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday evening, July 21.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 576 COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday evening, 88 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Kwara-87 FCT-82 Plateau-62 Ondo-39 Enugu-28 Oyo-26 Taraba-24 Kaduna-20 Ebonyi-20 Edo-17 Cross River-16 Kano-14 Rivers-11 Ogun-10 Delta-9 Nasarawa-8 Osun-8 Katsina-3 Imo-2 Kebbi-1 Borno-1, northern Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “576 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-88 Kwara-87 FCT-82 Plateau-62 Ondo-39 Enugu-28 Oyo-26 Taraba-24 Kaduna-20 Ebonyi-20 Edo-17 Cross River-16 Kano-14 Rivers-11 Ogun-10 Delta-9 Nasarawa-8 Osun-8 Katsina-3 Imo-2 Kebbi-1 Borno-1 37,801 confirmed 15,677 discharged 805 deaths,” the tweet added.
576 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-88
Kwara-87
FCT-82
Plateau-62
Ondo-39
Enugu-28
Oyo-26
Taraba-24
Kaduna-20
Ebonyi-20
Edo-17
Cross River-16
Kano-14
Rivers-11
Ogun-10
Delta-9
Nasarawa-8
Osun-8
Katsina-3
Imo-2
Kebbi-1
Borno-137,801 confirmed
15,677 discharged
805 deaths pic.twitter.com/LbyjQ81wtJ— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 21, 2020
Meanwhile, NewsOne Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred and one (37,801) with fifteen thousand, six hundred and seventy-seven (15,677) people discharged and eight hundred and five (805) deaths recorded so far.
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos | 13,626 | 11,456 | 1,993 | 177 |
| FCT | 3,211 | 2,229 | 943 | 39 |
| Oyo | 2,219 | 1,079 | 1,120 | 20 |
| Edo | 2,017 | 649 | 1,300 | 68 |
| Rivers | 1,546 | 458 | 1,039 | 49 |
| Delta | 1,437 | 764 | 634 | 39 |
| Kano | 1,430 | 252 | 1,125 | 53 |
| Kaduna | 1,211 | 268 | 931 | 12 |
| Ogun | 1,184 | 261 | 900 | 23 |
| Ondo | 964 | 799 | 143 | 22 |
| Plateau | 762 | 395 | 349 | 18 |
| Katsina | 713 | 249 | 441 | 23 |
| Enugu | 705 | 317 | 371 | 17 |
| Ebonyi | 699 | 109 | 572 | 18 |
| Kwara | 672 | 470 | 188 | 14 |
| Borno | 603 | 47 | 521 | 35 |
| Gombe | 558 | 25 | 510 | 23 |
| Bauchi | 531 | 12 | 506 | 13 |
| Abia | 526 | 132 | 391 | 3 |
| Imo | 454 | 358 | 87 | 9 |
| Osun | 359 | 194 | 155 | 10 |
| Jigawa | 322 | 3 | 308 | 11 |
| Bayelsa | 322 | 101 | 200 | 21 |
| Benue | 294 | 235 | 53 | 6 |
| Nasarawa | 289 | 168 | 113 | 8 |
| Akwa Ibom | 176 | 52 | 121 | 3 |
| Niger | 166 | 45 | 112 | 9 |
| Sokoto | 153 | 0 | 137 | 16 |
| Anambra | 132 | 53 | 67 | 12 |
| Adamawa | 115 | 21 | 85 | 9 |
| Kebbi | 90 | 9 | 74 | 7 |
| Ekiti | 86 | 37 | 47 | 2 |
| Zamfara | 77 | 1 | 71 | 5 |
| Yobe | 64 | 3 | 53 | 8 |
| Taraba | 54 | 43 | 11 | 0 |
| Cross River | 29 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
