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Health News of Sunday, 19 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

COVID-19: Nigeria records 653 cases in 28 states

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Nigeria on Saturday night recorded a total of 653 new cases of COVID-19 across 28 states in the country, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control has said.

This takes the total number of confirmed infections in the country to a total of 36,107 cases.

In a statement released on the commission's official Twitter account, @ncdcgov, Lagos, the epicenter of the virus in Nigeria, recorded the hightest case with a total of 115.

Kwara and Enugu States recorded 85 and 80 cases respectively, according to the NCDC.

See below the breakdown of the 653 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria:
Lagos-115
Kwara-85
Enugu-80
FCT-78
Rivers-36
Ondo-35
Oyo-30
Katsina-28
Kaduna-19
Abia-19
Nasarawa-18
Plateau-17
Imo-16
Ogun-9
Ebonyi-9
Benue-9
Kano-9
Delta-8
Bauchi-7
Ekiti-6
Gombe-4
Bayelsa-4
Adamawa-4
Osun-4
Cross River-1
Yobe-1
Borno-1
Zamfara-1