Nigeria has recorded new Coronavirus cases with the NCDC announcing 600 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 600 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, July 17.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 600 COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday evening, 129 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 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, northern Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “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,” the tweet added.
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-335,454 confirmed
14,633 discharged
772 deaths pic.twitter.com/OsPmCXJVU2— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 17, 2020
Meanwhile, NewsOne Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to thirty-five thousand, four hundred and fifty-four (35,454) with fourteen thousand, six hundred and thirty-three (14,633) people discharged and seven hundred and seventy-two (772) deaths recorded so far.
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagos | 13,226 | 11,092 | 1,958 | 176 |
| FCT | 2,879 | 1,983 | 857 | 39 |
| Oyo | 2,076 | 1,046 | 1,011 | 19 |
| Edo | 1,885 | 615 | 1,208 | 62 |
| Rivers | 1,480 | 452 | 981 | 47 |
| Delta | 1,415 | 793 | 585 | 37 |
| Kano | 1,386 | 262 | 1,071 | 53 |
| Ogun | 1,159 | 360 | 777 | 22 |
| Kaduna | 1,099 | 258 | 829 | 12 |
| Ondo | 877 | 717 | 139 | 21 |
| Katsina | 669 | 205 | 441 | 23 |
| Ebonyi | 646 | 104 | 532 | 10 |
| Plateau | 603 | 323 | 264 | 16 |
| Borno | 597 | 59 | 503 | 35 |
| Enugu | 595 | 219 | 360 | 16 |
| Gombe | 540 | 43 | 475 | 22 |
| Bauchi | 522 | 4 | 505 | 13 |
| Abia | 460 | 92 | 365 | 3 |
| Kwara | 450 | 249 | 187 | 14 |
| Imo | 436 | 344 | 83 | 9 |
| Osun | 328 | 235 | 84 | 9 |
| Jigawa | 322 | 3 | 308 | 11 |
| Bayelsa | 318 | 123 | 175 | 20 |
| Nasarawa | 254 | 133 | 113 | 8 |
| Benue | 185 | 137 | 42 | 6 |
| Akwa Ibom | 162 | 38 | 121 | 3 |
| Sokoto | 153 | 0 | 137 | 16 |
| Niger | 151 | 32 | 112 | 7 |
| Anambra | 118 | 41 | 67 | 10 |
| Adamawa | 111 | 20 | 83 | 8 |
| Kebbi | 88 | 7 | 74 | 7 |
| Ekiti | 78 | 29 | 47 | 2 |
| Zamfara | 76 | 0 | 71 | 5 |
| Yobe | 63 | 4 | 51 | 8 |
| Taraba | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| Cross River | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
