Nigeria Records Highest Daily Figure Of COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 26,484

Nigeria has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day with 790 new cases, bringing its total infections to 26,484.

This was confirmed on Wednesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet via its official handle.

790 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Delta-166
Lagos-120
Enugu-66
FCT-65
Edo-60
Ogun-43
Kano-41
Kaduna-39
Ondo-33
Rivers-32
Bayelsa-29
Katsina-21
Imo-20
Kwara-18
Oyo-11
Abia-10
Benue-6
Gombe-4
Yobe-2
Bauchi-2
Kebbi-2

26,484 confirmed
10,152 discharged
603 deaths pic.twitter.com/9fxpoeBZDP

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 1, 2020

Nigeria has now discharged 10,152 recovered patients and 603 deaths have been recorded from the virus.