Nigeria Records 684 New Cases Of COVID-19

Six hundred and eighty-four confirmed new cases of Coronavirus pandemic has been reported in Nigeria.

The development was confirmed on the verified official Twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Friday, June 26 at about 11:50 pm.

This brings the overall cases of COVID-19 disease in Nigeria to 23,298, while 8253 people have been discharged. 554 persons so far have reportedly died of the novel virus since its outbreak in Nigeria a few months ago, Naija News understands.

See below the newly reported cases from each state.

684 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-259
Oyo-76
Katsina-69
Delta-66
Rivers-46
Ogun-23
Edo-22
Osun-22
Ebonyi-21
FCT-20
Kaduna-16
Ondo-10
Imo-9
Abia-9
Gombe-5
Plateau-4
Bauchi-4
Ekiti-2
Anambra-1

23,298 confirmed
8,253 discharged
554 deaths pic.twitter.com/glShs4mIZ2

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 26, 2020

In another news, Naija News reported that party chairmen of the Nigerian opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West region of the country have frowned at some alleged moves by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.