NCDC Reports 600 Cases Of Coronavirus In Nigeria, Breakdown Of Cases By State

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported fresh 600 cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the NCDC confirmed the new 600 cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria in a series of tweets on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, July 17.

According to the NCDC, of the six hundred new coronavirus cases recorded on Friday evening, 129 were recorded 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-3

35,454 confirmed
14,633 discharged
772 deaths pic.twitter.com/OsPmCXJVU2

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 17, 2020

The development means the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has 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.

Meanwhile, here is a breakdown of cases by state.