Nigeria has recorded new Coronavirus cases with the NCDC announcing 653 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 653 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday evening, July 18.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 653 COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday evening, 115 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Kwara-85 Enugu-80 FCT-78 Rivers-36 Ondo-35 Oyo-30 Katsina-28 Kaduna-19 Abia-19 Nasarawa-18 Plateau-17 Imo-16 Ogun-9 Ebonyi-9 Benue-9 Kano-9 Delta-8 Bauchi-7 Ekiti-6 Gombe-4 Bayelsa-4 Adamawa-4 Osun-4 Cross River-1 Yobe-1 Borno-1 Zamfara-1, northern Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “653 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria Lagos-115 Kwara-85 Enugu-80 FCT-78 Rivers-36 Ondo-35 Oyo-30 Katsina-28 Kaduna-19 Abia-19 Nasarawa-18 Plateau-17 Imo-16 Ogun-9 Ebonyi-9 Benue-9 Kano-9 Delta-8 Bauchi-7 Ekiti-6 Gombe-4 Bayelsa-4 Adamawa-4 Osun-4 Cross River-1 Yobe-1 Borno-1 Zamfara-1,” the tweet added.
653new cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Lagos-115
Kwara-85
Enugu-80
FCT-78
Rivers-36
Ondo-35
Oyo-30
Katsina-28
Kaduna-19
Abia-19
Nasarawa-18
Plateau-17
Imo-16
Ogun-9
Ebonyi-9
Benue-9
Kano-9
Delta-8
Bauchi-7
Ekiti-6
Gombe-4
Bayelsa-4
Adamawa-4
Osun-4
Cross River-1
Yobe-1
Borno-1
Zamfara-1 pic.twitter.com/HD7XgD1s3I— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 18, 2020
Meanwhile, NewsOne Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to thirty-six thousand, one hundred and seven (36,107) with fourteen thousand, nine hundred and thirty-eight (14,938) people discharged and seven hundred and seventy-eight (778) 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 |
