COVID-19 Updates: Nigeria Records 626 New Cases, See Breakdown By States As Total Hits 27k

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has released a fresh update on the new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) recorded in Nigeria on Thursday 2nd July 2020.

The health management centre made this known in a tweet via it verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov, where it announced that Nigeria recorded 616 (six hundred and sixteen) new cases of the novel Coronavirus within the space of 24 hours.

According to the centre, a total of 649 infected patients at the isolation centres tested negative for the virus and were discharged, and a total of 13 new death cases were recorded in the country within same 24 hours.

The NCDC tweeted;

"626 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-193, FCT-85, Oyo-41, Edo-38, Kwara-34, Abia-31, Ogun-29, Ondo-28, Rivers-26, Osun-21, Akwa Ibom-18, Delta-18, Enugu-15, Kaduna-13, Plateau-11, Borno-8, Bauchi-7, Adamawa-5, Gombe-4, and Sokoto-1."

Mackenzieskyblog understands that Nigeria has now recorded a total of 27,110 (twenty-seven thousand, one hundred and ten) Coronavirus cases since the index case hits the country. 10,801 (ten thousand, eight hundred and one) infected persons have been discharged, and a total of 616 death cases recorded so far.

626 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-193
FCT-85
Oyo-41
Edo-38
Kwara-34
Abia-31
Ogun-29
Ondo-28
Rivers-26
Osun-21
Akwa Ibom-18
Delta-18
Enugu-15
Kaduna-13
Plateau-11
Borno-8
Bauchi-7
Adamawa-5
Gombe-4
Sokoto-1

27,110 confirmed
10,801 discharged
616 deaths pic.twitter.com/v4AOwNPHuN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 2, 2020