Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, has recorded 454 additional cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 27,564.
The latest figures were disclosed by the country’s specialist disease agency, NCDC, via its official twitter handle.
454 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-87
Edo-63
FCT-60
Ondo-41
Benue-32
Abia-31
Ogun-29
Oyo-19
Kaduna-17
Delta-16
Enugu-15
Borno-14
Plateau-9
Nasarawa-8
Kano-5
Bauchi-4
Gombe-2
Katsina-1
Kogi-127,564 confirmed
11,069 discharged
628 deaths pic.twitter.com/oIwFKGHyVp— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 3, 2020
A breakdown of cases on a state by state basis show Lagos leading the total number of infections in the country with 10,910 cases.
See the breakdown below:


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