Nigeria Records 649 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 22,020

Nigeria has recorded 649 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 22,020.

This was confirmed on Wednesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

649 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-250
Oyo-100
Plateau-40
Delta-40
Abia-28
Kaduna-27
Ogun-22
Edo-20
Akwa Ibom-18
Kwara-17
FCT-17
Enugu-14
Niger-13
Adamawa-13
Bayelsa-7
Osun-6
Bauchi-6
Anambra-4
Gombe-3
Sokoto-2
Imo-1
Kano-1

22,020 cases
7,613 discharged
542 deaths pic.twitter.com/2AMqZM4ih7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 24, 2020

A breakdown of cases by states show Lagos remaining the epicentre of the virus infections in the country with 9,323 confirmed cases.  Next are the FCT and Kano with 1,622 and 1,191 cases respectively.