Nigeria has reported 643 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 34,259.
The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.
643 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-230
Oyo-69
FCT-51
Edo-43
Osun-35
Rivers-30
Ebonyi-30
Kaduna-28
Ogun-27
Ondo-23
Plateau-20
Benue-17
Enugu-16
Imo-10
Delta-6
Kano-4
Nasarawa-2
Kebbi-1
Ekiti-134,259 confirmed
13,999 discharged
760 deaths pic.twitter.com/pcSg04O0qM— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 16, 2020
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 579,938 globally with 13,407,780 cases confirmed and 7,264,600 recoveries.

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