Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria has recorded 556 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 36,663.
The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle:
556 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Edo-104
Lagos-97
FCT-70
Benue-66
Oyo-61
Kaduna-38
Plateau-28
Osun-19
Akwa Ibom-14
Rivers-13
Katsina-13
Ondo-13
Ogun-6
Kano-5
Nasarawa-4
Gombe-2
Ekiti-2
Borno-136,663 confirmed
15,105 discharged
789 deaths pic.twitter.com/ZVso5XHyGG— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 19, 2020
Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria with 13,438 cases recorded, 1,964 recoveries and 176 deaths.

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