JUST IN: NCDC Records 595 New Cases of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded five-hundred and ninety-five (595) new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19).

The new cases was announced on Thursday night in a post on the official Twitter page of the NCDC.

With the latest cases, the total number of confirmed cases so far in Nigeria now stands at 34,894.

The NCDC further revealed that 769 people have died from the virus, with 14,292 patients discharged.

A beak-down state by state is as follows:

Lagos-156 Ondo-95 Rivers-53 Abia-43 Oyo-38 Enugu-29 Edo-24 FCT-23 Kaduna-20 Akwa Ibom-17 Anambra-17 Osun-17 Ogun-14 Kano-13 Imo-11 Delta-6 Ekiti-5 Gombe-4 Plateau-4 Cross River-2 Adamawa-1 Bauchi-1 Jigawa-1 Yobe-1

595 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-156
Ondo-95
Rivers-53
Abia-43
Oyo-38
Enugu-29
Edo-24
FCT-23
Kaduna-20
Akwa Ibom-17
Anambra-17
Osun-17
Ogun-14
Kano-13
Imo-11
Delta-6
Ekiti-5
Gombe-4
Plateau-4
Cross River-2
Adamawa-1
Bauchi-1
Jigawa-1
Yobe-1 pic.twitter.com/XQfsmVTlAZ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 16, 2020