Nigeria has recorded 555 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 40,532.
The latest statistics were released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.
555 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-156
Kano-65
Ogun-57
Plateau-54
Oyo-53
Benue-43
FCT-30
Ondo-18
Kaduna-16
Akwa Ibom-13
Gombe-13
Rivers-12
Ekiti-9
Osun-8
Cross River-3
Borno-2
Edo-2
Bayelsa-140,532 confirmed
17,374 discharged
858 deaths pic.twitter.com/ERchB70Hm3— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 26, 2020
The latest figures bring Lagos State total confirmed cases to 14,456, F.C.T(3,481), Oyo (2,570), Edo (2,167), Rivers (1,652), Kano (1,520), Delta (1,464), Kaduna (1,365), Ogun (1,301), Ondo (1,061), Plateau (834), Ebonyi (759), Enugu (741), Katsina (733), Kwara (711), Borno (611), Gombe (571), Bauchi (538), Abia (536), Imo (465).
Osun State has recorded 443 cases, Benue (337), Bayelsa (327), Jigawa (322), Nasarawa (308), Akwa Ibom (221), Niger (168), Sokoto (153), Adamawa (140), Anambra (132), Ekiti (113), Kebbi (90), Zamfara (77), Yobe (66), Taraba (54), Cross River (40) and Kogi (5).
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