543 New Cases Of COVID-19 Confirmed In Nigeria, Total Now 38,344

Nigeria has recorded 543 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 38,344.

The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.

543 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-180
FCT-86
Kaduna-56
Edo-47
Ondo-37
Kwara-35
Ogun-19
Rivers-19
Kano-17
Ebonyi-16
Enugu-16
Delta-7
Bayelsa-4
Bauchi-3
Abia-1

38,344 confirmed
15,815 discharged
813 deaths pic.twitter.com/8J6bMJy6jN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 22, 2020

Lagos remains the epicentre of the pandemic in the country with 13,806 confirmed cases.

It is followed by the FCT with 3,297 cases and Oyo with 2,219 cases.