This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, July 16,2020.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, July 16 reported that there are 595 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.
The NCDC via its official Twitter account revealed that the new cases are 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
This means there are now 34,854 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.
While 14,292 have been discharged, 769 people have died due to the viral disease.